Following the announcement of government peace panel chair Silvestre Bello III that the Philippine government will not issue a unilateral ceasefire, the Communist Party of the Philippines did not proceed with the issuance of its interim ceasefire on March 31.
As the slated April peace talks drew near, the Communist Party of the Philippines over the weekend said that it is optimistic that the government and the National Democratic Front would forge an agreement on socio-economic reforms including two other equally essential reforms— political and constitutional.
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.
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 negotiations have taken a “painstakingly slow” process, but the Moro Islamic Liberation Front said it will continue to press on government to pass the Bangsamoro Basic Law which it believes is the key to solve the problem of insurgency in Mindanao.
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.
The city government of Tagum has strengthened its anti-smoking campaign in a bid to regulate the selling of tobacco products in public.
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.
