The peace talks with the government and the communists would only resume if the New People’s Army, the armed-wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, would stop collecting revolutionary taxes, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday.
Farmer Jimuel Taipen, chairman of Montevista Farmers Association says he and his fellow farmers are facing two kinds of calamities: the low buying price of their sellers, and increased military activities brought about by Martial Law.
President Rodrigo Duterte gained an increase in net satisfaction rating nationwide with +66 or “very good”, but the SWS survey also indicated a 12-point drop on his satisfaction rate in Mindanao, compared to March 2017 satisfaction rate survey.
Two militant lawmakers urged President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday to include in the 2018 proposed budget, a substantial salary increase for teachers and other government employees.
Ground commanders directing military operations to retake Marawi City will have the discretion to using big bombs in areas where members of ISIS-linked Maute Group are still holed up.
President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated the stand of the government that it will not engage in negotiations with ISIS-inspired militants in Marawi City.
President Rodrigo Duterte visited wounded-in-action (WIA) soldiers at the Metro Davao Medical Research Center (MDMRC) here on Thursday, June 6.
The Reciprocal Working Committee on Socio-Economic Reforms of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP RWC-SER) castigated Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana Jr. for his previous statement that the government should consider ending the peace process if communist guerrillas continue their offensives against the government.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines expressed belief the Abu Sayyaf Group is now desperate to get away from the pressures that the government forces are pushing in their areas in Basilan – and that the group has resorted to beheading their kidnap victims.
Authorities arrested three suspects whom they claimed as supporters of the Maute group in a village in Cagayan de Oro City early morning Wednesday.
