GPH – NDF Peace Talks

Read more about the article Filipino businessman  tells gov’t, Reds: we must not stop until we achieve peace
Filipino businessman Joaquin Jack Rodriguez (right) discusses with NDFP Chief Political Consultant Jose Maria Sison and independent cooperator and former Congressman Satur Ocampo during his visit to the peace panels on Tuesday, May 30. Rodriguez, who comes from one of Davao City's most prominent families, expressed his support to the peace talks as he encouraged the peace panels to continue talking. (Zea C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Filipino businessman  tells gov’t, Reds: we must not stop until we achieve peace

Even with the cancellation of the fifth round of talks, delegates of the government peace panel and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines continued to hold unilateral and informal meetings here Tuesday, March 31.

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Read more about the article NDFP consultants still protected by JASIG amid suspended peace talks
NDFP panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoili (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

NDFP consultants still protected by JASIG amid suspended peace talks

Peace negotiators of the communists who will be coming back to the Philippines were told that they are immune from arrests, in the wake of aborted fifth round of talks with the Philippine government.

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Read more about the article Agreement on reforms suffers with cancellation of fifth round of talks – Agcaoili
National Democratic Front of the Philippines panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoili says they will hold unilateral discussions in the Netherlands after the government refused to participate in the fifth round of talks scheduled from May 27 to June 1 in Noordwijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

Agreement on reforms suffers with cancellation of fifth round of talks – Agcaoili

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines said they are disappointed with the setback suffered by the formal talks with the government as they hoped to achieve an agreement on social and economic reforms.

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Read more about the article FULL TEXT| Reply of the NDFP to the Opening Statement of Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza
Officials of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace panel during the opening ceremony for the 4th round of the GRP-NDFP peace talks in Noordwijk, the Netherlands on Monday, April 3, 2017. From left to right: NDFP peace panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoili, Senior Adviser Luis Jalandoni, and Chief Political Consultant Jose Maria Sison. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

FULL TEXT| Reply of the NDFP to the Opening Statement of Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza

The GRP’s decision not to participate in the 5th round of formal talks threatens to squander the goodwill and the gains that have already been achieved in the peace negotiations in the past nine months, especially in the crafting of a substantive agreement on social and economic reforms.

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Read more about the article FULL TEXT| Opening statement of Peace Adviser Jesus G. Dureza on the 5th round of GRP-NDFP peace talks
Presidential Peace Adviser Sec. Jesus Dureza. Ace Morandante/PPD

FULL TEXT| Opening statement of Peace Adviser Jesus G. Dureza on the 5th round of GRP-NDFP peace talks

While we have gone this far and the Filipino people are rooting/supporting us, there are challenges that we must together address as we meet here today on the scheduled 5th round of peace negotiations.

Continue ReadingFULL TEXT| Opening statement of Peace Adviser Jesus G. Dureza on the 5th round of GRP-NDFP peace talks