(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...
LEADING THE GUERILLAS Huk Supremo Luis Taruc reading a newspaper in his hideout somewhere in Central Luzon Do amnesties work? After studying the data set of all amnesties enacted since 1946, Geoff Dancy in his article “Deals with the Devil? Conflict Amnesties, Civil War, and Sustainable Peace”...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, Dec. 4, posed her objections to President Marcos’ decision to grant amnesty to rebel groups, calling the resumption of the peace talks with the communist group “an agreement with the devil.” (From left) President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives intends to approve before the Christmas break the resolutions concurring with the proclamations issued by President Marcos that grant amnesty to rebels who have...
(File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will not declare a ceasefire with rebel and insurgent groups despite the grant of amnesty to them by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This was the clarification made by AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar on Tuesday, Nov. 28, as he said the...
