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AFP asks Duterte to form task force to end communist insurgency

Biena Magbitang, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 22 10:08 AM

MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has urged President Rodrigo Duterte to create a national task force aimed at ending the protracted communist insurgency in the country.  Read more »

Duterte: Communist insurgency over by 2019

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 10:42 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he is confident that the communist insurgency will be over by next year. Read more »

Frozen in time, Havana looks to put a modern stamp on its 500-year history

Moises Avila, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 02 03:32 PM

Despite the visual signs of deterioration, Havana is spiritually alive. Read more »

NPA releases abducted cop

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 27 03:26 PM

The New People’s Army has released a cop it abducted in December last year, the Palace said Friday. Read more »

Communist-run Cuba to recognize private property in new constitution

Reuters
Posted at Jul 15 10:58 AM

Communist-run Cuba will officially recognize private property, something it has long rejected as a vestige of capitalism, under a new constitution that also creates the position of prime minister alongside the president, state media reported on Saturday.  Read more »

Peace likely to be achieved without 'spoiled brat' Joma, says Lorenzana

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 03:25 PM

Peace negotiations between the government and communist rebels will have a better chance at success once Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison is "out of the picture," Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana said Friday.   Read more »

Palace prefers PH as venue of peace talks with Reds

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 18 10:38 PM

(UPDATED) Malacañang on Monday said it prefers the peace talks with communist rebels to be held in the Philippines than held in a neutral country, even as Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison warned this could result in the end of the negotiations. Read more »

Joma ng CPP, nabuwisit sa muling pagkaantala ng peace talks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 15 08:29 PM

Ayon sa source ng ABS-CBN News, may pangamba kasi ang militar na baka samantalahin ng mga rebelde ang "stand down" o tigil-putukan para magpalakas ng puwersa. Read more »

Young monks lead revival of Buddhism in Mongolia after years of repression

Natalie Thomas and Thomas Peter, Reuters
Posted at Jun 05 09:28 AM

BARUUNBUREN, Mongolia - Buddhism is one of the world's oldest religions, but its fate in Mongolia now rests on very young shoulders. Read more »

NDFP, may huling hirit bago ang muling pag-arangkada ng peace talks

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 01 10:03 PM

Nagkasundo ang gobyerno at mga komunista na ipagpatuloy sa Hunyo 28 ang naudlot na peace talks. Read more »

With talks set to resume, Reds seek freedom for 520 political prisoners

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 02 12:51 AM

(UPDATED) Communist rebels have agreed to stand down ahead of the resumption of formal peace talks with the Philippine government, but want more than 520 political prisoners freed. Read more »

Aging communist leader Sison eyes homecoming this year

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 09:40 AM

From a working-class neighborhood by the Old Rhine river, thousands of kilometers away from home, Sison leads a revolutionary movement he began nearly half a century ago when he established the Communist Party of the Philippines. Read more »

No regrets: Xi says Marxism still 'totally correct' for China

Christian Shepherd, Reuters
Posted at May 04 04:11 PM

BEIJING - The decision of China's ruling Communist Party to stick with the political theories of Karl Marx remains "totally correct", President Xi Jinping said ahead of the 200th anniversary of the German philosopher's birth on Saturday. Read more »

Karl Marx 200 years on: Five core ideas

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 04 03:59 PM

Here are five core ideas of the influential and highly divisive German thinker, on the 200th anniversary of Marx's birthday.   Read more »

Palace forwards to Reds Duterte's conditions for peace talks

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 03:34 PM

One of President Rodrigo Duterte's peace negotiators was directed to convey his conditions to communist rebels before formal talks can resume, Malacañang said Thursday. Read more »

Palace: Joma Sison may come home if peace talks resume

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 12:43 PM

CPP founding chair Joma Sison may return to the Philippines without being arrested if the peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines resume, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesperson said. Read more »

Palace: Gov't will resume talks with 'spoilers of peace' if rebels 'cease hostilities'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 04:06 PM

Malacañang on Tuesday thanked lawmakers who urged President Rodrigo Duterte to resume peace talks with the communist movement but said negotiations could only resume when the rebels stop "violent streaks and wanton killings." Read more »

Duterte says to consult military on proposed resumption of peace talks

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 20 03:18 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would first consult the country’s top military officials on whether or not the Philippine government should resume peace talks with communist rebels. Read more »

Duterte says to consult military on proposed resumption of peace talks

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 02:59 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte has said he would first consult the country’s top military officials on whether or not the Philippine government should resume peace talks with communist rebels. Read more »

Duterte meets Norway’s special envoy to communist peace talks

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 02:57 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday met with Norway’s special envoy to the peace talks between the Philippine government and National Democratic Front of the Philippines. Read more »