Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Calls from congressmen to restart peace negotiations with Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, and National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) are beginning to snowball. On Sunday, June 11, it was Cagayan de Oro City...
A Makabayan bloc member in the House of Representatives is prodding President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to reopen peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro made this call a...
Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Wednesday, December 21 said the death of Jose Maria Sison should propel the government to renew its peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines and other remaining leftist groups. “This is the right time to resume peace talks locally. Local peace...
Suspected communist rebels killed a rookie policeman when they ambushed a group of policemen conducting relief distribution in Gandara town of Samar on Saturday, July 16. Police Brig. Gen. Bernie Banac, director of the Police Regional Office 8, said the policemen were conducting humanitarian...
The government of Norway has committed to support the peace process in the Bangsamoro region in the Philippines under President-elect Bongbong Marcos's term. Ambassador of Norway, Bjorn Jahnsen speaking to local media on June 15, 2022 (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) This was among the key...
Senatorial candidate and House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda on Thursday called for the resumption of peace negotiations between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), warning that any delays in the negotiation may lead to delayed pandemic recovery efforts....
President Duterte confessed that he is praying that the next administration will be better than his in all aspects, particularly in talking peace with the communists and resolving the country's problems with illegal drugs. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement...
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia and Ukraine will restart face-to-face peace negotiations on Monday, amid warnings that the situation in the besieged city of Mariupol was now "catastrophic". President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the resumption of over-the-table talks, saying they must bring peace "without...
JERICHO, Palestinian Territories -- Israelis and Palestinians braved wind and rain to hold a "peace conference" Friday by the Dead Sea bringing together two major women's movements from both sides for the first time. Israeli and Palestinian women, members of two local peace movements, write...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) does not agree with presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s proposal to continue the local peace talks to address insurgency, claiming that it only serves "as a weapon for counter-insurgency". Bongbong Marcos FB page Reacting to the...
Vice President Leni Robredo bared some interesting tidbits about herself as she took on the fast talk challenge during “The Jessica Soho Presidential Interviews” on Saturday, Jan. 22. (The Jessica Soho Presidential Interviews) Under the challenge, a series of questions is hurled at the...
After being criticized by progressive groups on what appeared to be support for the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, Dec. 13, maintained that the task force shouldn’t harass political...
