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Duterte announces 'permanent termination' of peace talks with Reds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 08:14 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday formally announced the end of government's peace negotiations with communist rebels. Read more »

Peace consultant, dating pari inaresto; mga kaalyadong grupo pumalag

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 10:02 PM

Bagama't itinuturing ng PNP at AFP na malaking tagumpay ang pagkakaaresto sa mga rebelde, kontra naman dito ang ibang grupo. Read more »

Government to form localized peace panels for talks with Reds

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 04:32 PM

MANILA – The government will set up “localized” peace panels to deal with communist rebels, two officials said, after a 5-person team tasked to hold peace talks with the communist National Democratic Front was dismantled. Read more »

Palace dismantles negotiating panel with Reds

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 20 06:50 PM

MANILA - Malacañang has terminated a government panel tasked to hold peace talks with communist rebels, according to documents released Wednesday.   Read more »

Hinihinalang miyembro ng NPA huli matapos ang engkuwentro sa Negros Occidental

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 13 06:44 PM

KABANKALAN CITY, Negros Occidental - Isang hinihinalang miyembro ng New People's Army (NPA) ang nadakip sa nangyaring engkuwentro sa pagitan ng mga rebelde at ng militar sa Barangay Salong, Kabankalan City Martes ng hapon.   Read more »

Mexican president denies communist past

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 07:48 AM

MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador denied Wednesday that he was a member of the communist party in the 1970s, as alleged in intelligence files that his own government recently ordered declassified. Read more »

Communist rebels extorted P200 million from 2016 poll bets - DILG

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 28 09:58 AM

Communist rebels were able to raise about P200 million by extorting from local and national candidates who ran in the 2016 elections, an official of the Department of the Interior and Local Government said Thursday. Read more »

Farm tractors sinilaban ng umano'y NPA sa Negros Oriental

Mark Salanga, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 27 01:47 PM

MANJUYOD, Negros Oriental – Limang farm tractors at isang carrier vehicle ang sinilaban ng mga hinihinalang miyembro ng New People’s Army (NPA) sa Longa Hermosa Hacienda sa Barangay Santa Monica dito sa bayan Lunes ng gabi.   Read more »

Interior chief says 349 local execs 'supporting' NPA

Rafael Santos, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 05:28 PM

MANILA - Some 349 local officials are paying communist rebels for permits to campaign in certain areas, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said Thursday. Read more »

Duterte: Dissent OK but students espousing gov't 'destruction' may lose scholarship

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 08:06 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he sees nothing wrong with students expressing dissent against his administration but warned that those who would push for the "destruction" of his government might lose their scholarship, as earlier suggested by an official.   Read more »

NDF consultants face multiple murder charges

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 20 06:48 PM

National Democratic Front (NDF) consultants Vic Ladlad (front) and Adelberto Silva arrive at the Manila Regional Trial Court on Wednesday to attend a hearing on charges of mass murder of members of the communist movement. Read more »

Alibaba is the force behind hit Chinese Communist Party app: sources

Pei Li and Cate Cadell, Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 08:29 AM

"Xuexi Qiangguo," which literally translates as 'Study to make China strong' and is a play on the government propaganda theme of applying President Xi Jinping's thoughts, overtook Tik Tok's Chinese version Douyin and WeChat to become the county's most popular app on Apple's China app store last week. Read more »

Higit 200 miyembro umano ng NPA, sumuko sa Surigao del Norte

Lorilly Charmane Awitan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 17 04:02 PM

Boluntaryong sumuko ang 295 na umano'y miyembro ng New Peoples Army sa Brgy. Camam-onan sa bayan na ito noong Biyernes.  Read more »

Joma Sison says summons from Manila 'malicious', 'futile'

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Updated as of Feb 13 01:37 PM

UTRECHT, The Netherlands - Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria ‘Joma’ Sison said the recent resolution of a Manila court naming him as one of two individuals with “unassailable links” to the CPP and the New People’s Army (NPA) in the government’s "terrorist list" is another futile attempt to bring him to Manila. Read more »

Manila court: Only 2 persons with 'unassailable links' to CPP-NPA in DOJ 'terror list'

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 12 10:15 PM

A Manila court has trimmed down to 2 the number of individuals with “unassailable links” to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) in the government’s "terrorist list". Read more »

Sison hits government's 'false claims of victory' as Palace urges him to accept defeat

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 06:30 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Sunday urged Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison to just rejoin society and accept defeat. Read more »

Australia bans politically connected Chinese billionaire

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 06 01:40 PM

SYDNEY, Australia - A prominent Chinese billionaire political donor has been stripped of his Australian residency and barred from returning to the country after scrutiny of his Communist Party ties, local media reported Wednesday.   Read more »

Slain Red consultant's peers, kin risk raps for taking evidence - police

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 01:35 PM

MANILA - Police on Wednesday said it would lodge complaints against two colleagues and a relative of a slain communist consultant for taking evidence related to his killing last week.  Read more »

Communist peace panel consultant shot dead inside bus

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 30 04:17 PM

National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randy Felix Malayao was shot dead inside a bus in Nueva Vizcaya province before dawn on Wednesday, his colleagues said.   Read more »

Lumad students protest red tagging

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 06:03 PM

Lumad students protest in front of the House of Representatives against attempts to brand their school as a communist front. Read more »