CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 04 January) — Despite a shaky start, the 16-day holiday truce between the Philippine government appears to be holding and is expected to raise the prospects of reviving the peace negotiations, Jose Ma. Sison,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 December) – The government and National Democratic Front (NDF) peace panels in an agreement signed December 21 in Utrecht, recommended the declaation of ceasefire from midnight of December 23, 2019 to 12:59 p.m. on January
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 April) – The government will pursue peace talks with communist rebels to end the 50-year old insurgency, but this time it will be “directly engaging the people on the ground to address the fundamentals of the problem,”
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 22 March) – After President Rodrigo Duterte had terminated the appointments of government peace negotiators holding talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), a military official here said Friday that they would push
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 25 December) – The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) on Tuesday said it welcomes House Resolution 2339 urging President Rodrigo Duterte to resume peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Adopted by the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 11 November) – President Rodrigo Duterte will meet with leaders of the National Democratic Front (NDF) after his Singapore and Papua New Guinea trips this week to discuss the possible resumption of the peace negotiations. ‘’Agcaoili
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 29 July) — Five alleged members of the New People’s Army from Bukidnon — aged 17 to 19 — who had earlier surrendered in Abra, Cordillera Administrative Region have been enrolled as beneficiaries of the government’s
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 28 July) – Two soldiers were injured after a landmine believed to have been planted by New People’s Army (NPA) exploded at 1:25 p.m. on Saturday at Lower Sitio Camarag in Barangay Tambobong, Baguio District, this
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/16 July) – The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Southern Mindanao Region (NDFP-SMR) has rejected the localized peace talks now being pushed by the Duterte administration calling it a “surrender package” and a “hollow attempt to
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 15 July) –The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) expressed confidence that all New People’s Army (NPA) units on the ground are firmly united under a central leadership, reiterating its position that a “’no’ is a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/13 July) – Malacañang will issue an executive order setting the guidelines for the localized peace talks that local government units may hold with New People’s Army (NPA) units operating in their respective areas, presidential spokesperson Harry S.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 July) — Mayor Sara Duterte will focus on extending development programs in insurgency-affected areas of the city than pursue localized peace talks with the communist guerillas as she proposed last year. “We have already tried
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 18 June) – Malacanang said peace talks between government (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) must be held in the country and that there may no longer be a need for a
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 18 June) – President Duterte cancelled the scheduled resumption of peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines to allow the military to continue with its all-out offensive against the New People’s Army until
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 June) — The supposed resumption of the fifth round of formal peace talks between government (GRP) and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will no longer push through on June 28, after President Rodrigo
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 April) – Peace negotiations between government (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will resume sooner than the 60-day timeline set by President Rodrigo Duterte, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 05 April) – The resumption of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front will enable both parties to thresh out substantive issues and deal with complaints and demands, Communist Party of the Philippines
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 April) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday directed the government peace panel to work on the resumption of the peace talks with the National Democratic Front (NDF), Secretary Jesus Dureza, Presidential Adviser on the Peace
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 March) – The cooperation of the Senate and House of Representatives is necessary for the resumption of peace talks between the government (GRP) and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), Communist Party of the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 March) — Sixty-two members of different party-list groups and district representatives in the House of Representatives have signed a resolution urging President Rodrigo R. Duterte to resume peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front (NDF).
MAWAB, Compostela Valley (MindaNews / 22 January) — “Destroy the NPA” (New People’s Army), destroy the organization,” President Rodrigo Duterte, commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, ordered his troops here on Monday, as he urged NPA
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 January) — President Rodrigo Duterte may not remember this but the spokesperson of the National Democratic Front (NDF) Far South Mindanao Region who surrendered Monday and was presented to him on Saturday at the Matina
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews /15 January) — Prof. Jose Ma. SIson, chief political consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF) and founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has accepted the offer of President Rodrigo Duterte for a
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 10 Dec) — The chair of the Mindanao Business Council (MinBC) has urged the business sector to stop paying “revolutionary taxes” to the New People’s Army (NPA) as they will only delay the solution to the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/28 November) – President Rodrigo R. Duterte might decide to resume talks with the National Democratic Front (NDF) if the latter would show sincerity in the peace efforts, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said. “The ball is in
DAVAO CITY – The peace negotiation between government (GRP) and National Democratic Front (NDF) again suffered a major setback with the cancellation of the discreet fifth round of talks on November 25 to 27 in Oslo, Norway. On Thursday, President
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/20 October) – Members of the Davao City Peace Committee, a body created by City Mayor Sara Duterte to hold localized peace talks with the New People’s Army, will convene for the first time on October 24, committee member and Davao
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/29 September) – The government (GRP) peace negotiating panel on Friday launched the body that will monitor compliance with an agreement that seeks to protect the rights of noncombatants in armed conflict. The government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) signed the
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/14 August) – Hopes for peace remain alive because President Rodrigo R. Duterte is “not the type of a person who immediately closes his mind and heart to everything” when it comes to the peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 21 July) — President Rodrigo Duterte announced Friday he is abandoning the peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and ordered the arrest of the previously freed consultants, as he lashed out
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/21 July) – Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio will pursue a localized peace negotiation with communist rebels even if the peace talks between government and the National Democratic Front have been stalled anew. Duterte-Carpio, speaking to reporters on the first day of
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/11 July) – Dabawenyos believe the government’s peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will more likely succeed than that with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), results of a survey conducted by the University of Mindanao’s Institute of Popular Opinion said.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 02 July) — “If .. you want to talk to us, then my God, please stop killing us,” President Rodrigo Duterte asked the National Democratic Front (NDF) as he declared that if the NDF announces it
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/24 June) – Government (GRP) peace panel chair Silvestre Bello III urged the Department of Justice to review the case of detained Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) bishop Carlos Morales and fast track the process of his release “on humanitarian grounds.” In
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 17 June) — The National Democratic Front (NDF) wants the New People’s Army (NPA) to refrain from carrying out offensives against government forces as it expressed willingness to discuss ceasefire with the government and cooperation against
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 June) – The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) urged the government (GRP) to resume the fifth round of formal negotiations, after it was canceled when the latter withdrew for “lack of compelling reason. ” In a statement issued
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/30 May) – Despite the cancellation of the 5th round of talks between the government (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) in the Netherlands, informal bilateral consultations between the working groups of both panels will
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 27 May) — The 5th round of formal peace talks scheduled May 27 to June 2 in The Netherlands, has been called off, following President Rodrigo Duterte’s order to the government peace panel not to sit
TAGUM CITY (MindaNews/19 May) – Agrarian Reform Ssecretary Rafael Mariano will participate in the fifth round of peace talks between the government (GRP) and National Democratic Front (NDF) on May 26 to June 2, 2017 in Noorwijk aan Zee, The Netherlands. The fifth round
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 14 May) — Human Rights group Barug Katungod Mindanao condemned the police and military for arresting last Friday in Ozamiz City Bishop Carlo Morales of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), his wife Ma. Teofilina Morales, church
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 May) — An Army soldier was taken captive by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who raided a security agency in neighboring Valencia City last week, the NPA said in a statement Monday. The NPA-South Central Bukidnon Subregional
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 06 May) — Suspected communist rebels raided the Valencia City office of a security agency owned by a supporter of President Rodrigo Duterte and carted away several firearms Friday night, police said. Supt. Lemuel
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/03 May) – The National Democratic Front-Southern Mindanao Region has apologized to the family of a civilian who was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) during an attack on Saturday by the New People’s Army (NPA) on plants owned
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 May) – The government and the National Democratic Front are finding ways to arrive at a consensus on a bilateral ceasefire and “contentious provisions” on the proposed Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER), Labor Secretary and GRP
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 29 April) — Mayor Sara Duterte condemned the “acts of terrorism” perpetrated by the New People’s Army (NPA) early Saturday morning, calling it a “terrorist organization.” The rebels launched simultaneous attacks in three locations — in Mandug,
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 April) — Around 40 suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) attacked a group of soldiers deployed at the popular tourist spot Aliwagwag Falls Eco Park in Cateel, Davao Oriental at 4:30 a.m. on
MATANAO, Davao del Sur (MindaNews/19 April) — Two non-commissioned officers of the Philippine Army regained their freedom on Wednesday, after almost three months of captivity in the hands of communist rebels. Sgt Soliman Calocop and Pfc Samuel Garay, who were
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/07 April) – Free land distribution will be the basic principle of agrarian reform as one of the elements of the Comprehensive Agreement on Socio-Economic reforms (CASER), the government (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/ 05 April) — The Philippine government (GRP) and the National Democratic Front (NDF) signed Wednesday an interim joint ceasefire agreement which will take effect upon the approval and signing of guidelines and ground rules. “Just signed interim joint
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 04 April) — The National Democratic Front (NDF) wants the Comprehensive Agreement on Socio-Economic Reforms (CASER) signed first before the bilateral ceasefire agreement, or both can be signed simultaneously. “The people demand that CASER be a
