Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero has expressed his strong support for the Marcos administration’s plan to reopen formal peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). Escudero, in a radio interview on Saturday, said...
PEACE-MAKER On Dec. 8, 2021, we in the 350-member International Conference of Political Parties (ICAPP) conducted a special conference on climate change, as our modest collective contribution in the battle against climate change. Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary General of the United Nations,...
BACOLOD CITY – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) and the Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) have strengthened their coordination with the Muslim community to combat terrorism and other forms of crimes and violence here. Police Col. Noel Aliño, Bacolod police director, and Brig. Gen. Orlando...
ABANG LINGKOD Party-list Rep. Joseph Stephen "Caraps" Paduano (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (MANILA BULLETIN) Elected public officials are "duty-bound" to support President Marcos' peace initiative with different rebel groups. Thus, said...
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...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (left), and Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Vice President Sara Duterte's remarks against the Marcos administration's peace initiative with rebels is "alarming" and "detrimental to the pursuit of genuine peace...
​Japan said it will continue to support peace efforts in Mindanao as it expressed concern over the recent bombing that killed four people and wounded scores of others in the island region. Japanese Press Secretary Maki Kobayashi said Japan is praying for the deceased while offering its...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez reiterated on Monday night, Dec. 5 his backing of Malacañang's decision to reopen peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the negotiating...
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...
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...
