Wilma Tiamzon: Do not use political prisoners as bargaining chip

The recent meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and the leaders of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines yielded positive results, said NDF peace consultant Wilma Tiamzon.

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Presidential ?Peace ?Adviser?, ?Sec. Jesus Dureza, ?tells a press conference at Apo View Hotel, Davao City ?government is in constant contact with ?Moro National Liberation Front ?Chairman Nur Misuari, ?but only through emissaries owing to the rebellion charges filed against him in the court. The administration of Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is talking to different Moro revolutionary organizations to get a consensus of a peace settlement acceptable to all the constituents in the Bangsamoro homeland in Mindanao. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)

Dureza hits back at critics on ‘delayed’ release of prisoners

Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza said they are appalled by some sectors attacking them on the delay of the release of political prisoners in the country.

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GRP: 50 to 70 prisoners to be freed before December 10

Government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III vowed to release some 50-70 political prisoners before the international human rights day on December 10, as he extended his condolences to the family of Bernabe Ocasla, one of the 400 political prisoners who recently died of a heart attack.

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The second round of talks between the government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines opened Thursday, October 6 at the Holmenfjord Hotell in Oslo, Norway. (Zea Io Ming C. Capistrano/davaotoday.com file photo)

Why is Norway helping out in the Philippines’ peace process?

Why would a wealthy country that is 9,977 kilometers away interested in finding peace for a poor country like the Philippines?

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