STREETWISE: Why peace talks hang in the balance
Streetwise By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Why peace talks still hang in the balance And so it has come to this. After stoking such high expectations about the resumption of peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and what the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) considers the top “security threat” in […]
Sison: NDFP has been patient and working hard for peace
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDFP) chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison said that President Rodrigo Duterte failed to display patience in preempting the Communist Party of the Philippines’ announcement of its own unilateral declaration of ceasefire last night. In this interview, Sison responds to Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process chairperson Jesus Dureza’s […]
NPA to Duterte: You have been deceived, ridiculed
THE NEW PEOPLE’S ARMY (NPA) said that President Rodrigo Duterte was deceived by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) when it claimed the ambush that killed one paramilitary trooper and injured four others in Bagnakan, Sitio Muling, Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte last July 27 was unprovoked. In response to Duterte’s demand to […]
People’s SONA rally reaches Batasan Road
PROGRESSIVE organizations and activists from all over the country held a rally near the House of Representatives (HOR) as President Rodrigo Duterte delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July 25. About 30,000 activists, including thousands from Mindanao, Visayas and Bicol, were allowed along Batasan Road that has never seen a rally as […]
SONA 2016: Progressives hold biggest rally, applaud some of Duterte’s pronouncements
TENS of thousands of activists from all over the Philippines gathered in front of the House of Representatives to hold the biggest State of the Nation Address rally in decades. Allowed to march as close to the venue of President Rodrigo Duterte’s first SONA speech, the rally was also the most peaceful in years. The activists applauded […]
LARAWAN: SONA ng Bayan 2016: 40 libo nagmartsa sa Batasan
SONA ng Bayan 2016: 40 libo nagmartsa patungong Batasan Tinatayang hindi bababa sa 40 libo ang nagmartsa mula sa iba’t ibang sektor at progresibong organisasyon sa pangunguna ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) mula sa Commonwealth Avenue patungong Batasan Road kaninang umaga. Ipinakita ng BAYAN ang kanilang pagsuporta sa mga maka-mamamayang programa ng bagong administrasyong Duterte […]
Youth, sectoral groups form human chain for peace
YOUTH and sectoral groups formed a “human chain” at Mendiola, Manila last Friday to support the resumption of the formal peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). The human chain is part of the metro-wide action led by Kapayapaan, a group […]
Duterte approves new ‘inclusive’ peace roadmap
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has approved the new “inclusive roadmap to peace,” Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza said in a press conference, Tuesday. “There will be inclusivity in Duterte’s roadmap to peace,” Dureza said. He explained that the approved “inclusive roadmap” will go over the engagements with the Bangsamoro factions, the National Democratic Front of the […]
Duterte asks Robredo to lead HUDCC
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte asked Vice President Leonor Robredo to head the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, making her a member of his Cabinet. Robredo accepted the appointment, made through a phone call while Duterte was in a press conference in Malacañan Palace last Friday.
No contradiction in safe conduct pass for NDFP consultants–Bello
MANILA—The government’s chief negotiator does not see contradictions between earlier announced plans to release National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultants and President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent statement that he will only issue them safe conduct passes. In his speech at the Philippine Air Force anniversary celebrations last July 5, Duterte said he “…is […]