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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)

Church’s wish list for SONA includes revival of peace talks

A peace group’s wish for President Rodrigo Duterte’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday, July 27, is for the revival of the peace negotiations between the government and Communist rebels.

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Read more about the article In his 5th SONA, groups want to hear Duterte’s plan on environmental protection
An engineer points at the pile of plastic wastes that are stored at the facility of Verde Soko Philippines Industrial Corp. inside the Phividec Industrial Estate in Barangay Santa Cruz, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. The 6,500 tons of plastic trash will be shipped back to South Korea after Verde Soko allegedly failed to secure an import permit and has wrongfully declared the discarded materials. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

In his 5th SONA, groups want to hear Duterte’s plan on environmental protection

Environmental groups want Pres. Rodrigo Duterte to discuss his administration’s plan of action in protecting the environment during his fifth State of the Nation (SONA) address on Monday, July 27.

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Read more about the article Fidel Agcaoili, NDF chief peace negotiator, dies
National Democratic Front spokesman Fidel Agcaoili meets reporters after the forum on the GPH-NDF peace process organized by the Ateneo de Davao University on Wednesday. Beside him is ADDU President Fr. Joel Tabora, SJ. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

Fidel Agcaoili, NDF chief peace negotiator, dies

Fidel Agcaoili, chair of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace negotiation panel, passed away on July 23 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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Read more about the article Justice Carpio, Ombudsman Morales, file 11th petition vs Anti-Terror Law
Supreme Court of the Philippines (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons/Mike Gonzalez)

Justice Carpio, Ombudsman Morales, file 11th petition vs Anti-Terror Law

Former Supreme Court justices Antonio Carpio and Conchita Carpio-Morales returned to the High Court as part of the 11th group that challenge the legality of the Anti-Terrorism Law.

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