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NPA releases Special Forces army officer as ‘goodwill gesture’


Convenors of Interfaith Movement for Peace and the Release of Cammayo and Tumol (IMPACT) welcome 1Lt. Vicente Cammayo (right) during his release on Jan. 6. Escorted by the New People's Army custodial force and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Cammayo was released in Loreto, Agusan del Sur, after being held as "prisoner of war" for almost two months. According to the Merardo Arce Command of the NPA, Cammayo was the team leader of the 11th company of the 3rd Special Forces Battalion of the AFP who surrendered on Nov. 7 last year when his unit was ambushed by the NPA in Monkayo, Compostela Valley. His release, according to the NPA regional command, is a "gesture of goodwill" in celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines's 40th anniversary. (davaotoday.com photos by Barry Ohaylan)

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Philippines most dangerous country in Asia-Pacific for radio broadcasters, says IFJ

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) stands in solidarity with its colleagues and the press freedom community of the Philippines in demanding an explanation from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for her…

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Formal talks to negotiate substantive reforms must not be preconditioned and negated by protracted ceasefire

The GRP panel statement of December 3, 2008 on the informal talks held in Oslo on November 28-30, 2008 is highly deceptive, misleading and duplicitous. The GRP panel preconditioned the…

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