Hundreds gathered and cheered as the host recounted the “victories” of the peasant movement in the region during the 47th founding anniversary celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines here on Saturday.
Presidential candidate and Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he is not affected by recent surveys which showed him behind Vice President Jejomar Binay and Senator Grace Poe.
Membership of the Communist Party of the Philippines in the central region in Mindanao rose by 47 percent this year, coinciding the 47th year of the CPP, the longest running Maoist revolution in Asia.
Presidential and vice-presidential tandem Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Alan Peter Cayetano warned this year as the last Christmas for criminals and corrupt.
A paramilitary-group accused of killings and threatening indigenous peoples in Mindanao has allegedly issued a threat against members of the media who will be covering the anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines on Saturday.
The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) called on the government and the National DemocraticFront (NDF) to resume peace talks this Yuletide season.
Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he hopes every Filipino to have a “merry Christmas and a peaceful new year.”
The National Democratic Front said the revolution has continued to advance in the island of Mindanao despite the government’s deployment of 60 percent of its armed forces here.
The Army’s Eastern Mindanao Command said the New People’s Army has violated its own holiday ceasefire declaration after harassing military troops in three separate incidents on Wednesday.
The remains of City Councilor Leo Avila arrived Tuesday at the Sangguniang Panglungsod for public viewing and a necrological service. Avila, 58, passed away last Sunday after suffering a multiple stroke in September.
