NDFP consultants come home to UP
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE pHILIPPINES (NDFP) peace consultants Benito Tiamzon, Wilma Austria Tiamzon, Jaime Soledad, Rey Claro Casambre, Rafael Baylosis, visited the University of the Philippines in Diliman Quezon City for the first time since their release from prison or going above-ground last September 15. The group was welcomed by UP Diliman Chancellor Michael […]
Ang Libing, a skit on the planned burial of Marcos at the ‘heroes’ cemetery
Karatula, originally the cultural group of Kabataang Makabayan (KM), performs the short skit “Ang Libing” by Bonifacio P. Ilagan at forums and protest actions. A celebrated playwright, Ilagan was one of the earliest members of KM. He was arrested and tortured during Marcos’s Martial Law. His sister Rizalina was abducted by Marcos’s troops in the […]
Tiamzons on how to solve the drug scourge
Top revolutionary leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon gave their views on the “war on drugs” and cited the good example of China eradicating the drug problem which afflicted 77 million Chinese. Footage taken at a public forum with the Tiamzons on September 10, 2016 at the Fisher Mall in Quezon City.
A talk with the Tiamzons on the GRP-NDFP peace talks (Part 2)
THE Tiamzons, Benito and Wilma, explain the revolutionary struggle and the struggle for reforms . They also clarified the interim nature of the indefinite ceasefire mutually and unilaterally declared by the GRP and the NDFP and the possibility of forging a bilateral ceasefire as both parties negotiate on the substantial agenda of the peace talks. Watch […]
STREETWISE: Out of a quagmire
Streetwise by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Out of a quagmire After more than half a decade of impasse, the resumption of formal peace talks between the Philippine government (GRP) and the revolutionary National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) last August 22-26 in Oslo, Norway is without a doubt a major, major breakthrough. This historically significant development […]
A talk with the Tiamzons on the GRP-NDFP peace talks (Part 1)
TOP revolutionary leaders Benito and Wilma Tiamzon gave an overview of the resumption of peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), including the social and economic reforms agenda, and what the people can and must do beyond the negotiations. The forum […]
Tiamzons urge support for peace talks
In their first ever public forum at the Fisher Mall in Quezon City last September 10, couple Benito and Wilma Tiamzon called on all patriotic Filipinos to grab the chance to advance genuine social reforms afforded by the Duterte government’s peace ongoing peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. Here are photos […]
Employees: Soliman’s complaint ‘politicking’
THE Social Welfare Employees Association of the Philippines (SWEAP) denies it is keeping quiet on the case of temporary employees fired by Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) secretary Judy Taguiwalo. Responding to a complaint posted online by immediate past secretary Corazon Soliman, SWEAP said it will always defend the rights of employees and urged […]
AUDIO: GRP-NDFP peace talks closing ceremony speeches
LISTEN to the following speeches at the closing ceremony of the first round of formal peace negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Oslo, Norway last August 27, 2016. (Photos by Jola Diones-Mamangun, Paloma Polo and Jon Bustamante. Recording by Eric Tandoc and Hiyasmin […]
Martial Law victims press call vs Marcos at Libingan ng mga Bayani
HUMAN RIGHTS groups held another rally in front of the Supreme Court (SC) last September 7 during the second round of oral arguments on the petition against the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB). The rally was in support of the petitioners and their lawyers who said that […]