GPH – NDF Peace Talks

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From left: Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza, GRP chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III, GRP panel member Hernani Braganza and GRP panel member Atty. Angela Librado-Trinidad. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com)

STANDPOINT | Commitment of GRP, NDFP remain strong – Bello

There are reasons to hope we can hurdle the task we meant to accomplish in these talks. From the pre-meeting of the panels held last night to finalize our discussion agenda today, I see the same commitments of both parties that animated us during the past round of talks to remain strong.

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GRP-NDF talks: looking for substance in 3rd round’s formal opening

Optimistic and looking forward to a more fruitful deal, peace negotiators from both Philippine government and the communists met after more than three months during the opening of the third round of peace negotiations here on Thursday at 10:00 am.

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Read more about the article All roads lead to Rome for the GRP-NDFP 3rd round of talks

All roads lead to Rome for the GRP-NDFP 3rd round of talks

The third round of the peace talks between the government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines is happening here today until January 25. The talks will open 10:00 am here (5:00 pm Philippine time).

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Read more about the article Families of 392 political prisoners support 3rd round of GRP-NDFP peace talks
Farmers and Lumad march from the ? the National Commission for Indigenous Peoples Region XI office to the Benigno S. Aquino Hall of Justice in Ecoland, here to call for the release of political prisoners and the dismissal of "trumped up" charges against them on Wednesday morning, August 24. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Families of 392 political prisoners support 3rd round of GRP-NDFP peace talks

On the eve of the third round of the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, human rights advocates are lamenting that almost 400 political prisoners in the Philippines remain in jail even with President Rodrigo Duterte’s earlier promise to free them.

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