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Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, SJ, co-chairperson of the PEPP. (davaotoday.com file photo)

Church group lauds Norwegian gov’t for hosting GRP-NDF peace talks

The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform, a network of five major religious groups in the country, lauded on Tuesday the Royal Norwegian Government for facilitating the second round of peace talks between the Government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front.

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JOINT STATEMENT SIGNING. Members and officials of the government panel and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines sign the joint agreement for the second round of talks. The peace talks was facilitated by the Royal Norwegian Government. In photos: Fidel Agcaoili, chief negotiator of the NDF peace panel; Jose Maria Sison, chief political consultant of the NDF; Elisabeth Slattum, special envoy for peace of the RNG, Secretary Jesus Dureza, Presidential Peace Adviser, and Secretary Silvestre Bello III, GRP panel head. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Outline of reforms, fast-track release political prisoners OK’d in GRP, NDF talks

Peace panel negotiators from both government and the communists concluded its second round of talks with common frameworks and outlines on social, economic and political reforms and a commitment to grant amnesty to more than 400 political detainees.

Continue ReadingOutline of reforms, fast-track release political prisoners OK’d in GRP, NDF talks