US ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim commiserated with the families, survivors, and the victims of the Roxas night market bombing during his visit at the blast site here Wednesday afternoon.
The government peace panel announced it will release the sick and the elderly prisoners before Christmas, allaying fears that the ongoing peace negotiations with the communists will collapse.
Is the National Democratic Front of the Philippines ready to sign a bilateral peace agreement even without the release of political prisoners?
These were President Rodrigo Duterte’s words on the release of political prisoners in the country during the ceremony of the recognition of The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) awardees for 2016 at the Heroes Hall in Malacañan Palace Monday.
The Davao City Council passed a resolution to support the call for the release of all political prisoners as a step to achieve peace.
President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his demand to the communists to sign a document of a bilateral ceasefire agreement with the government before releasing some 100 political prisoners.
Some 600 farmers, students, employees, and faculty members under the Save CFCST Movement mounted a protest camp inside the Cotabato Foundation College of Science and Tec
An alliance of Bangsamoro civil society groups called for the unification of Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, two separate revolutionary groups negotiating peace with the Philippine government.
North Cotabato 2nd District Governor Nancy Catamco was absolved in an Ombudsman ruling for lack of evidence on the case filed by Lumad leaders evacuating in a church compound here after the July 23 incident last year.
GERMELINA I. Taylor, Wilbert T. Lee, Danilo E. Suarez, and Teddie E. Rivera were among the 10 biggest donors of then presidential candidate Jejomar C. Binay. The four alone gave Binay P172.3 million altogether – except the money wasn’t really theirs.
