Members of the militant youth group League of Filipino Students hit out the travel ban against Muslims issued by US President Donald Trump and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement between the Philippines and US.
Police Chief Inspector Andrea Dela Cerna, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 11 said: “We are not a perfect organization, but we are trying our best to clean our ranks.”
Almost 1,500 combined forces of the police and military are all set for the series of meetings related to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations here from January 31 to February 22.
Lt. Col. Jacob Thaddeus Obligado, the former commander of the Civil Military Operations Command of the 10th Infantry Division swore in as the new chief of the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.
An official of the National Union of People’s Lawyers vowed on Friday that it would bring the farmers’ land reform issue to court, a promise to the thousands of protesting farmers who were in this city for the “Kampuhan sa Dabaw.”
The third party facilitator for the peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front lauded the success of the third round of talks held in Rome, Italy.
“One instrument that can dismantle the great divide between you and the people is to have connectivity, to feel that Mindanao is one house and to feel that we belong to a one family.”
After a week of negotiations, the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines concluded the third round of talks here on Wednesday night, Jan. 25.
Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines, missed the closing ceremony of the third round of talks with the Philippine government here after being admitted to the hospital Wednesday night.
Peace panels of the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front signed ground rules on the last day of the six-day peace talks, in the hope to speed up the negotiations on social and economic reforms.
