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Read more about the article Groups welcome House resolution urging peace talks resumption
SUCCESSFUL ROUND. The Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines conclude the fourth round of talks on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk Aan Zee in the Netherlands. Negotiators of the government and the NDFP raises their arms with the third party facilitator from the Royal Norwegian Government. L-R: NDFP peace panel Chairperson Fidel Agcaoili, NDFP Chief Political Consultant Jose Maria Sison, Norwegian Special Envoy to the Philippine Peace Process Elisabeth Slattum, Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza and GRP Chief Negotiator Silvestre Bello III. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Groups welcome House resolution urging peace talks resumption

Various multi-sectoral groups welcomed the efforts of 61 members of the House of Representatives who filed House Resolution 1803 which urged the government to resume its stalled peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).

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Read more about the article Progressive youth group says guidelines for free college education “bastardized”

Progressive youth group says guidelines for free college education “bastardized”

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) launched on Monday the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act (UAQTEA) which will take effect this academic year (AY) 2018 to 2019.

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Read more about the article Imee Marcos on running for senator: ‘We’ll wait and see’
Visiting Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos (2nd from right) pose with local officials headed by Misamis Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano (extreme right), and Vice Gov. Joey Pelaez (3rd from right). Also in the photo are Lanao del Norte Gov. Imelda Quibranza-Dimaporo (3rd from left) and her husband, Lanao del Norte 2nd District Rep. Abdullah Dimaporo. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Imee Marcos on running for senator: ‘We’ll wait and see’

Ilocos Norte Gov. Maria Imelda Josefa “Imee” Marcos has reiterated her interest to run in the senatorial race next year although she has not confirmed it if she would be in the final list of the slate as the country’s ruling political party has recently divulged the initial list of its candidates for the 2019 midterm elections.

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Read more about the article CPP slams AFP for parading hoax NPA surrenderees
The New People's Army (FILE PHOTO by Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)

CPP slams AFP for parading hoax NPA surrenderees

The Communist Party of the Philippines said 99% of the so-called "NPA surrenderees" were not actually NPA fighters but were victims of the series of red tagging and psywar activities launched by the AFP-PNP.

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Read more about the article Makabayan petitions High Court to be granted opposition-in-intervention in quo warranto case
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Makabayan petitions High Court to be granted opposition-in-intervention in quo warranto case

The House Makabayan bloc on Thursday filed a petition to junk and intervene in the quo warranto proceedings against Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno at the Supreme Court (SC).

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