Philippine government chief peace negotiator Silvestre Bello III said the government will not declare a unilateral ceasefire prior to the fourth round of talks with the communists in the coming days.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front has formed an adhoc committee to study the causes of Moro radicalism.
Philippine officials meeting with Japanese in Tokyo presented government priority projects for possible implementation under the Japan Official Development Assistance.
The National Union of the Journalists of the Philippines scored President Rodrigo Duterte for his “incoherent and foulmouthed rant” after he attacked two Manila-based media.
The head of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office of Valencia City in Bukidnon clarified Thursday that the school allegedly burned by the New People’s Army turned out to be caused a faulty electrical wiring.
Members of revolutionary youth organizations staged a lightning rally along the intersection of Elpidio Quirino Avenue and Magallanes Street here to mark the 48th founding anniversary of the New People’s Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
A rift is heating up between close allies of President Rodrigo Duterte as House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez filed graft charges against Davao del Norte 2nddistrict rep. Antonio R. Floirendo, Jr.
The Communist Party of the Philippines said that it elected young leaders and amended its programs and constitutions during its second congress held on Oct.14 to Nov. 7, last year.
A high-ranking Chinese official said that Beijing will likely to fund the two multi-billion infrastructures projects both in Davao and Mindanao.
Three farmer activists, including a couple, were killed in Compostela Valley, barely a week before the fourth round of peace talks between communists and the Philippine government.
