As the country prepares to commemorate the Peace Month in September, the government said on Saturday, Aug. 31, that it expects more members of rebel groups to apply for amnesty. OPAPRU Directors Dennis Legaspi and Wally Tee speak during the Saturday News Forum held in Quezon City on Aug. 31, 2024....
By GLAZYL MASCULINO BACOLOD CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division reported that 300 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Western Visayas have applied for amnesty as of July 11. FORMER New People’s Army (NPA) rebels apply for amnesty in Bacolod City. (Photo courtesy of 303rd IBde) Bulk of...
Former rebels, law enforcers, and local government officials attend a summit for rebel-returnees in Davao City on July 11, 2024. (Photo: National Amnesty Commission) By MARTIN SADONGDONG More than 500 amnesty applications for members of rebel and insurgent groups have been received by the National...
Senators on Tuesday, June 25 welcomed the dismissal of the remaining drug cases that have been hurled against former senator Leila De Lima. Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero said he is hoping that De Lima would still join in the upcoming 2025 senatorial elections and win a...
(Photo courtesy of National Amnesty Commission) A memorandum of agreement (MOA) has been signed by the National Amnesty Commission (NAC) and the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) to effectively coordinate the government’s amnesty program for the immediate and effective reconciliation...
The daughter (seated, left) of an active member of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) files an application for amnesty for rebels on behalf of her father at the Local Amnesty Board in Cotabato City on May 7, 2024. (Photo courtesy of National Amnesty Commission) An active member of the Moro...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is hopeful that the remaining active members of the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) will now surrender and avail of the amnesty offered by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. NTF-ELCAC...
President Marcos has ordered the immediate implementation of the amnesty program for the remaining members of communist groups in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA Pool/Yummie Dingding) Marcos made the directive during a National Task Force to End...
The Senate on Monday, March 4 adopted three concurrent resolutions favoring President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s grant of amnesty to various rebel and insurgent groups in the country. The Senate’s concurrence happened less than three months after the President signed the presidential...
OPAPRU Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (File photo) Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. expressed gratitude to the House of Representatives for approving four House Concurrent Resolutions (HCR) that grant amnesty to former...
(File image) The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) applauded the House of Representatives (HOR) on Friday, Dec. 15, for its concurrence with the amnesty proclamations issued by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for former members of rebel groups. The HOR has adopted...
The House plenary. (Speaker’s office) As promised, the House of Representatives adopted the four concurrent resolutions that favored President Marcos' grant of amnesty to various rebel groups before Congress' Christmas break. Adopted separately...
