CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – The Police Regional Office-13 is eyeing the deployment of 2,000 police personnel to ensure peaceful and orderly opening of classes under “Ligtas Balik-Eskwela” in the Caraga region on Monday, June 16. “PRO 13-Director Police Brig. Gen....
Former National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief negotiator Luis “Ka Louie” Jalandoni has died at the age of 90 while in self-exile in Utrecht, The Netherlands on Saturday, June 7, according to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). “It is with deep sorrow that we...
BUTUAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-10 has tapped 1,088 policemen to secure the school opening in Northern Mindanao on June 16. “Safety of the students, parents, and school personnel are among our priorities during the opening and school period in the different schools in the region,”...
ISTANBUL (AP) — Representatives of Russia and Ukraine met Monday for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, but aside from agreeing to swap thousands of their dead and seriously wounded troops, they made no progress toward ending the 3-year-old war, officials said. The...
PEACE-MAKER It was in the beautiful city of Sankt Augustin, Germany in 1998 when we addressed a forum organized by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Foundation), which is affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), where we first espoused the idea of an “Asian Dialogue” and which would...
More than 2,500 workers from three major universities and a manufacturing firm are set to receive a total of P373.2 million in benefits following the successful resolution of four labor disputes, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said. In a statement, the DOLE-National Conciliation and...
The civil society coalition “Atin Ito” is all set for its third civilian mission to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) beginning Monday, May 26, which is expected to last until May 30 and will feature yet another unprecedented initiative – a sea concert to promote peace, unity, and solidarity in...
Unresolved issues in Marawi City—eight years after the deadly siege—remain significant obstacles that hinder both the government and residents from attaining lasting peace in the southern Philippines, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). “It is disheartening to...
The adoption of the National Action Plan on Peace, Unity, and Development (NAP-UPD) marks a major milestone in advancing, building upon, and sustaining the gains achieved under the comprehensive Philippine peace process, Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez said on Friday, May 16. Galvez said...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Russia and Ukraine are set to hold their first direct peace talks in three years, both countries said Thursday, but hopes for a breakthrough remained dim after Russian President Vladimir Putin spurned an offer by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet face-to-face...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The elections in the Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon area were generally peaceful, the Police Regional Office 4-A said. PRO 4-A chief Police Brig. Gen. Paul Kenneth Lucas said they only recorded isolated incidents and these were resolved with the cooperation of...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) is ready for the elections on May 12. The PRO-7 headed by Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan said security plans, coordination protocols, deployment schedules, and contingency measures are in place. The PRO-7 has coordinated with the...
