A former police officer retracted his earlier statement at the Senate and now claimed that the Davao Death Squad exists and that he is part of the vigilante group allegedly paid by former Davao City Mayor and now President Rodrigo Duterte.
Partylist lawmaker Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate of Bayan Muna urged the Palace to speed up the release of the Social Security System pension hike that was approved by President Rodrigo Duterte early this year.
Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte said she is willing to listen to the NPA “if the NPA is willing to talk.”
The peace consultation, spearheaded by the Sisters Association in Mindanao, Exodus for Justice and Peace, and the Ateneo de Davao University Center for Engagement and Advocacy Council, urged the government to resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Labor Ministers’ Retreat and the 10th Meeting of the ASEAN Committee on Migrant Workers will review a Declaration signed ten years ago which provided for the rights of migrant workers.
To ensure the success of the bilateral ceasefire negotiations, CPP said that the government could “help facilitate the travel of the NDFP’s ceasefire committee member and consultants.”
Military and trade deals are currently in the works after a Russian delegation led by Security Council of the Russian Federation Sec. Nikolai Patrushev met with their Philippine counterparts in Davao City.
A peace advocate group is urging President Rodrigo Duterte to talk with government peace negotiators.
“There was no NPA attack last February 15 against an AFP-escorted relief operations in Barangay Linunggaman, San Francisco, Surigao del Norte,” the CPP said in a statement Friday.
National Antiv-Poverty Commission Lead Convenor Liza Maza said Duterte’s interest to meet with them means: “He is intent on hearing our views, he is open to hearing us out.”
