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...
President Marcos has asked Filipinos to support the resumption of the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the National (NDF) to realize the vision of unity in the country. Photo from @bongbongmarcos/X (Twitter) Marcos said this following the signing of the Oslo Joint Communique...
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has agreed to go back to the negotiating table with the Philippine government, with the resumption of the peace talks expected to begin early next year. But the issue on the declaration of the ceasefire between government forces led by...
Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. (Screenshot from RTVM livestream) The Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the political wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP),...
(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...
