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Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano, Asst. Sec. Jun Malsi, Undersecretary David Ero and Anakpawis Partylist Rep. Ariel Casilao talk with the farmer-beneficiaries on their clamor for the implementation of installation orders and other land concerns in Mindanao on March 31, 2017. (Photo by Kilab Multimedia)

DAR orders reinstallation of beneficiaries, coverage of reservation area in Mindanao

Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano ordered the reinstallation of several agrarian reform beneficiaries from Mindanao.

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Read more about the article Opening of peace talks with Reds delayed; Duterte wants to “quiet the guns”
Negotiators of the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines meet in a panel to panel meeting on Sunday, April 2 in Radisson Blu Palace Hotel in Noordwijk, the Netherlands to discuss the agenda for the 4th round of the peace talks. The opening ceremony was moved to Monday, April 3. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Opening of peace talks with Reds delayed; Duterte wants to “quiet the guns”

Speaking before the Filipino migrant workers who wanted to join the opening of the fourth round of talks at the Radisson Blu Palace Hotel here on Sunday morning, government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III said the government panel needed to discuss the instructions from President Duterte with their counterparts from the NDFP.

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Read more about the article Talking while fighting: 4th round of talks to proceed without unilateral ceasefire between gov’t, Reds
The peace panels of the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines sign the ground rules for conduct of the meeting of the reciprocal working committee on social and economic reforms during the third round of talks in Rome, Italy on January 2017. (davaotoday.com file photo)

Talking while fighting: 4th round of talks to proceed without unilateral ceasefire between gov’t, Reds

Following the announcement of government peace panel chair Silvestre Bello III that the Philippine government will not issue a unilateral ceasefire, the Communist Party of the Philippines did not proceed with the issuance of its interim ceasefire on March 31.

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GRP-NDFP talks: CPP optimistic on forging pact on CASER

As the slated April peace talks drew near, the Communist Party of the Philippines over the weekend said that it is optimistic that the government and the National Democratic Front would forge an agreement on socio-economic reforms including two other equally essential reforms— political and constitutional.

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