(Photo courtesy of Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) vowed on Saturday, Dec. 23, to continue its efforts to decimate the remaining forces of communist groups in the country even as the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) announced a two-day unilateral...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Quezon Police Provincial Office remains vigilant as the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army on Saturday declared a 24-hour ceasefire in line with Christmas and the party’s 55th founding anniversary. Other police provincial offices in Region 4-A are...
Vice President Sara Duterte turned her ire on the New People’s Army (NPA) over the death of Sgt. Jernell Ramillano, who died during a gunfight with the armed rebels she referred to as “traitors.” Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte In a video message on Thursday...
(Courtesy of 59th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) Six suspected New People's Army (NPA) communist rebels and one soldier died in a fierce firefight in Balayan, Batangas on Sunday, Dec. 17. Joint forces from the Philippine Army's 59th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Navy (PN) and Philippine Air...
(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...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s stand against the peace agreement with the communist rebels, including the amnesty and possible release of political prisoners as a sign of goodwill for the negotiations, are shared even by some members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), military chief of...
OPAPRU Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Screenshot courtesy of RTVM livestream) Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. reminded supporters of the communist rebel groups to refrain from setting any precondition in order not to derail the...
Asterio Palima (Screeshot from ANC interview) For the planned resumption of peace talks between the national government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to be successful, preconditions should not be imposed by both parties, according to a veteran peace negotiator. Asterio...
As both the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) prepare for the resumption of peace talks, the Philippine Army said on Thursday, Nov. 30, that it will continue dismantling the weakened guerrilla fronts and neutralizing the remaining armed groups of the communist...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez expressed his full support for President Marcos’ decision to reopen negotiations to resume formal peace talks with the...
TUBO, Abra – Police discovered war materials in an abandoned New People’s Army camp in Barangay Kili here on Monday, November 27. MAP of Tubo, Abra. Police Brig. Gen. David Peredo Jr., Police Regional Office-Cordillera chief, said the 143rd Special Action Company, 14th Special Action Battalion,...
Norwegian Foreign Affairs Minister Espen Barth Eide on Wednesday, Nov. 29, lauded the resumption of peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). (Photo from the Presidential Communications Office) Norway, which has mediated...
