Third round opens amidst complaints of CARHRIHL and JASIG violations
ROME, Italy—Despite major problems before its convening, the third round of formal peace negotiations between the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) opened as scheduled at ten thirty this morning local time (5:30 pm Philippine time). Both parties expressed optimism that the six-day negotiations […]
CASER to be tackled most at third round of talks
ROME, Italy–The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have approved a common agenda of the third round of formal negotiations. Hours before the formal opening of the talks to be held for the first time in this ancient city, both panels met and agreed […]
Unilateral ceasefire untenable; bilateral ceasefire prospects dim–NDFP
ROME, Italy–The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) submitted a long list of complaints against the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) for violations of previously-signed agreements which, it said, make the extension of its unilateral ceasefire untenable. Even as delegates from both parties are starting to fill Holiday Inn-Parco de Medici […]
Political detainees support third round of talks despite continued imprisonment
ROME, Italy—Political prisoners are finding their promised release too slow in coming even as they expressed support for the third round of formal talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Two days before the talks in this ancient city, 33 political prisoners […]
Migrants ready for NDFP-GRP talks in Rome; negotiations to focus on socio-econ reforms
MIGRANT FILIPINOS in Italy are ready for the third round of formal negotiations between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) this week. As the venue of the peace talks shifts to the ancient city of Rome on January 19 to 25, migrant organizations […]
NDFP-GRP human rights monitoring committee meets today
THE National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) pushed their human rights mandate forward as the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) on the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) held its third meeting in as many months today. GRP Monitoring […]
NPA ready to punish GRP troops encamped in communities when ceasefires end
PAQUIBATO DISTRICT, Davao City—The New People’s Army’s (NPA) Pulang Bagani Battalion led the celebration of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP) 48th founding anniversary in this upland community yesterday in a show of force in President Rodrigo Duterte’s own hometown.
GRP harassment of civilians preventing bilateral ceasefire agreement–NDFP Negros
COMMUNISTS on Negros Island said they are not ready for a bilateral ceasefire agreement between the Rodrigo Duterte government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) until President Rodrigo Duterte orders the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to stop targeting activists for assassination. Speaking to journalists at a grassroots peace forum last […]
NDFP, Duterte ceasefires to hold over holidays
THE ongoing unilateral ceasefire declarations of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will stand over the Christmas and New Year holidays, promising to be the longest ever truce between the Manila government and the revolutionary Left. The ceasefire declarations of August by both parties […]
Sison: CPP ready to terminate ceasefire if political detainees are not released by January
Kodao’s Raymund Villanueva interviews National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief political consultant Prof. Jose Maria Sison on President Rodrigo Duterte’s promise to release all political prisoners, ceasefire, peace talks, new AFP chief of staff Eduardo Año, and extra-judicial killings connected to the so-called drug war. Kodao: In a recent interview, you said the […]