BREAKING: GRP-NDFP agree to resume talks, forge bilateral ceasefire
THE Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have agreed to hold the fourth round of formal peace negotiations as scheduled on the first week of April. In a joint statement read by Royal Norwegian Government Special Envoy to the Philippine Peace Process Elisabeth Slattum, both […]
NDFP says backchannel talks with GRP scheduled as early as February
THE National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel confirmed that backchannel talks with Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) for the resumption of formal peace negotiations are about to happen. In an interview with KODAO, NDFP chief negotiator Fidel Agcaoili said both parties agreed to secret backchannel talks as early as […]
NDFP negotiators to leave for Europe for back-channel talks with the GRP
NATIONAL Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel member Benito Tiamzon and consultants Wilma Austria Tiamzon and Vicente Ladlad will soon leave for Europe to participate in the ongoing backchannel talks with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). In a speech at the National Defense College earlier today, Department of National […]
GRP and NDFP assure each other of wanting peace
THE National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) assured each other today of their mutual desire for peace in the country, even as scheduled formal negotiations have been cancelled.
Peace advocates hound AFP chief of staff Eduardo Año
Peace advocates and human rights defenders hounded Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Eduardo Año at the Ateneo de Manila University this morning, recalling his record of human rights violations. Año delivered a lecture at the Jesuit university on protecting the people and the State, which the rally participants said is ironic as […]
Ka Paris and son Carlos meet after 16 years in Rome
National Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultant Alfredo Mapano was visited by his son Carlos in Rome, Italy during their third round of formal talks with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines last January. Father and son last saw each other 16 years ago in an NPA camp in Northern Mindanao. Carlos […]
Bilateral ceasefire talks may proceed, NPA to release POWs–CPP
THE Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) said talks for a bilateral ceasefire agreement with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) may proceed as scheduled on February 22 to 27 if President Rodrigo Durterte decides to send his negotiating panel and emissaries to The Netherlands. In a statement, the CPP and the […]
NDFP and GRP negotiators ask youth to demand peace talks resumption
By Mikhaela Dimpas, UP College of Mass Communications / Kodao Productions THE peace process can still prosper even without a ceasefire agreement, National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randy Malayao said at a forum at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, Thursday. Malayao recalled the productivity of the talks during the administration of […]
AFP report of relief convoy ‘ambush’ dubious–CPP
THE Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denied its New People’s Army (NPA) fired upon a relief convoy in Barangay Linunggaman, San Francisco, Surigao del Norte last February 15. In a statement today, the CPP affirmed the NPA’s earlier denial that a Philippine Army-escorted convoy, which included relief personnel of ABS-CBN’s Lingkod Kapamilya Foundation, was […]
NPA reports 5 gov’t troopers killed, 2 captured in Southern Mindanao
THE New People’s Army (NPA) in Southern Mindanao announced it has killed five Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldiers and captured two auxiliary troopers in three separate incidents last February 14. Rigoberto Sanchez, NPA-Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command spokesperson, said a company of Red fighters of their Compostela Valley–Davao Gulf Sub-Regional Operations Command fended off […]