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.
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 […]
Activists slam Duterte on Human Rights Day
PROGRESSIVE organizations have had enough of human rights violations under the five month old Rodrigo Duterte government. Thousands of torch-bearing activists stormed Mendiola on International Human Rights Day last December 10 to protest human rights violations under Duterte, including more than 6,000 extrajudicial killings, militarization of communities and the hero’s burial of the late dictator […]
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 […]
NDFP will not be swayed by Duterte’s ultimatums–Agcaoili
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is mistaken to think that the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) would be swayed into signing a bilateral ceasefire with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, NDFP Negotiating Panel chairperson Fidel Agcaoili said. Reacting to Duterte’s threat that he will not release political prisoners without a signed bilateral ceasefire […]
Peace consultant reads poem on freedom of political prisoners
Natuional Democratic Front of the Philippines peace consultant Tirso “Ka Bart”Alcantara reads his poem “Pangako ng Kalayaan” at the Laya event held at Bamboo Intramuros, Manila on December 3, 2016. The event was organized by the people’s rights alliance Karapatan to call for the release of all political prisoners.