Joma urges Duterte to undertake goodwill measures to revive talks
“It is timely for the GRP and NDFP to celebrate with the Filipino people the season of Christmas and the New Year and to create the favorable atmosphere for peace negotiations by undertaking such goodwill measures,” Sison said.
Paglabag sa karapatang pantao sa ngalan ng Memo 32 ni Duterte
Narito ang kwento nina nanay Bienvenida Cabe na pinatay ang kanyang anak habang nangangaso sa kagubatan noong Mayo at si nanay Prescila Lebico na ang asawa ay isang barangay captain na pinatay noong Abril.
Duterte, Esperon preconditions may prevent talks resumption, Sison warns
“This precondition is totally unacceptable to the NDFP because it aims to put the NDFP and the entire peace negotiations in the pocket of the Duterte regime and under the control and surveillance of the bloodthirsty military and police who engage in mass murders and other heinous crimes with impunity,” Sison said in a statement Saturday.
NDFP to welcome Bello if Duterte sends him
“If Duterte wants to talk and takes the concrete steps about it, the NDFP has to consider seriously what he proposes. The NDFP has to be open to any possibility for the benefit of the Filipino people,” NDFP chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison told Kodao.
Families decry move of political prisoners to local jails
According to Kapatid, the organization of families and friends of political prisoners, the transfer of political prisoners is part of a bigger scheme “to further restrict the movement and access to much needed medical attention, legal services, visits and support from relatives and friends.”
Joma says NDFP still open to talks
“May Duterte be hit by lightning, like how Saul on his way to Damascus. It could be the lightning of enlightenment,” Sison said.
Human rights defenders press call for Rey Casambre’s freedom
Xandra Casambre, the couple’s daughter, said the charges are trumped-up, including the two counts of attempted murder and a murder case filed against her father in Davao Oriental “where he never been before.”
NDFP expresses support to Pinoy athletes but calls for probes on SEAG mess
“The Filipino people should continue to support the Filipino athlete. Their outrage is directed at the evil Duterte-Cayetano combine,” the long-lasting underground publication said.
2020 national budget, hiniling na i-sentro sa serbisyo at kabuhayan
Hiniling ng iba’t-ibang grupo na ilaan sa serbisyong panlipunan at pang-matagalang kabuhayan ang nakasalang na pambansang badyet ng pamahalaan sa susunod na taong 2020.
Counterproductive counterinsurgency
The Philippines is in dire need of reforms and the sheer scale of the problem demands system-wide thinking and massive mass movement solutions. Yet the heavy-handed authoritarianism and military meddling in governance will just stoke even more unrest. This includes polarizing the nation and actually fueling the radicalism, and revolutionary armed struggles that the Duterte administration is so fearful of.