Peace negotiators arrive in Oslo
OSLO, Norway. Peace negotiators of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines begun arriving in the Norwegian capital for the start of the second round of formal peace negotiations starting tomorrow.
NDFP to press for agrarian reform and industrialization at 2nd round of talks with GRP
CONSULTANTS of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) emphasized the need to address genuine land reform and nationalist industrialization at the second round of their formal peace negotiations with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). At a press forum in Cubao, Quezon City last Friday (September 23), the consultants said both […]
Despite reported violations, NDFP and GRP discuss bilateral ceasefire
NATIONAL Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) representatives met Tuesday and Wednesday (September 20 and 21) at the Royal Norwegian Government’s (RNG) Embassy in Taguig City to discuss the possibility of revitalizing their Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) on human rights and international humanitarian law and […]
Second round of GRP-NDFP talks to be held earlier
THE Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has announced that the second round of peace negotiations between the Duterte government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will be moved to earlier dates. “The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the NDFP have agreed to adjust […]
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 […]
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 […]
OPINION: Stop the peace saboteurs!
THEY are killing farmers again. Just a few days after the killing of four farmers in Fort Magsaysay, Laur, Nueva Ecija on September 3, peasant leader Ariel Diaz was gunned down last Thursday, September 7 in Villa Pereda, Delfin Albano, Isabela. These incidents occurred at a time when the Government of the Republic of the Philippines […]