‘What kind of President does the GRP have?’ Joma asks
President Rodrigo Duterte’s revelation it is the military and the police that will give final approval on a final peace agreement with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is an admission of his incompetence and lack of political will to pursue the peace negotiations, Jose Maria Sison said. Reacting to Duterte’s speech in […]
Protest greets Xi Jinping visit
Various groups held a mass action at the Chinese consulate in Makati City last Tuesday (November 20) to denounce the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping as they expressed outrage against the Rodrigo Duterte government for its subservience to the Chinese government. The Pilipinong Nagkakaisa Para sa Soberanya o P1NAS called Duterte a traitor to […]
THE STATE OF PHILIPPINE MEDIA
Relentless Attacks And Threats Online, On Ground, Across the Nation 23 November 2018 By the Freedom for Media, Freedom for All Network Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, Philippine Press Institute (PPI), MindaNews, and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) ATTACKS AND THREATS against the Philippine […]
Duterte: Military, police has final word on peace agreement with NDFP
President Rodrigo Duterte revealed his will not be the last word on whatever peace agreement the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) enters into with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). In a speech in Tanza, Cavite Thursday (November 22) to inaugurate a new barge port, Duterte said he will seek […]
NDFP blames Año’s arrest threat for cancelled trip
YOGJAKARTA, Indonesia—Europe-based National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace negotiators announced they cancelled their planned trip to the Philippines and possible meeting with Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) President Rodrigo Duterte, blaming interior and local government secretary Eduardo Año’s threat to have them arrested. In a statement today, NDFP Negotiating Panel […]
Martial law victims want Imelda behind bars
Martial law victims and activists held a picket protest outside Sandiganbayan office in Quezon City to demand for the arrest warrant for Imelda Marcos following its guilty verdict against the former First Lady. Samahan ng mga Ex-detainees laban sa Detensyon at Aresto (SELDA) welcomed the conviction and asked the court to immediately put Marcos behind […]
NUJP launches campaign against reporters’ involvement in drug war
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, along with other media organizations, launched the ‘Sign Against the Sign’ campaign on Friday, urging Congress to repeal the law that includes journalists among the possible witnesses in anti-drug operations. Journalists and industry leaders signed a manifesto calling for an end to the practice of making journalists […]
NDFP-Duterte meeting up to the President–Agcaoili
The possible meeting between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) the Government of the Republic of the Philippines is up to President Rodrigo Duterte, the Left’s chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili said. Agcaoili said they welcome the opportunity to meet with Duterte “unless he does not want to or his military is against it.” […]
NDFP condemns Ladlad’s arrest, demands his immediate release
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) condemned the arrest of its peace consultant Vicente Ladlad along with couple Alberto and Virginia Villamor midnight of November 8 in Barangay San Bartolome, Novaliches, Quezon City. The NDFP said Ladlad’s arrest is a flagrant violation of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG) it […]
Espina-Varona wins international award for journalists
A Filipino won one of the most prestigious global awards for journalists for her resistance to “financial, political, economic or religious pressures or because of the values and rules that enable them to resist” in reporting on issues that are sensitive in the Philippines. Cited for her many reports on child prostitution, violence against women, […]