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FACT CHECK: Police, Army reservists share false disqualification claim vs Makabayan bloc

Tsek.ph
Posted at May 13 04:36 PM

The Facebook page of the Iloilo City Police Office and multiple Facebook accounts of Army reservists in Mindanao shared May 12 a post that falsely reported that the Commission on Elections has disqualified six partylist groups under the Makabayan bloc: Bayan Muna, Anakbayan, Anakpawis, ACT-Teachers, Gabriela and Anakbayan. Read more »

China under Communist Party of the Philippines? Duterte corrects himself

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 11 05:11 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte mistakenly said Friday night that China was under the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). Read more »

Duterte to Reds: Immediate ceasefire and let’s talk

Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 02:21 AM

Duterte said he is still open to peace negotiations with communist rebels, a month after he declared "permanent termination" of talks with the CPP. Read more »

EU sets probe of alleged aid diversion to Reds through NGOs

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 05:53 PM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) – The European Union said Saturday it would investigate the supposed diversion of its aid to the communist movement through non-government organizations (NGOs), as the Philippine government alleged. 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 »

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 »

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 »

Youth leaders clash over gov’t crackdown on suspected communist backers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 17 01:40 AM

Youth leaders clash over government's monitoring of groups allegedly linked to the communist movement. Read more »

SK, inutusang kilalanin, isuplong ang mga kaalyado ng CPP, NPA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 10:16 PM

Ayon kay National Youth Commission Chair Ronald Cardema, inuutusan niya ang mga nasa SK na kilalanin at isuplong ang mga grupong kaalyado ng CPP-NPA. Read more »

Duterte says communist rebellion a 'failed dream'

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 09:02 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest tirade against the rebels comes on the heels of a row between the Philippine National Police and activist party-list group Alliance of Concerned Teachers stemming from a supposed “profiling” of its members. Read more »

'I never identified legal groups as front of CPP': Joma calls Albayalde a 'big liar'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 05:32 AM

MANILA - Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison on Tuesday slammed Director General Oscar Albayalde after the Philippine National Police (PNP) chief claimed he identified legal groups as front organizations of the communist movement. Read more »

Joma approves of Duterte’s call to resume peace talks

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 05 04:29 AM

Jose Maria Sison welcomed Duterte's call to resume peace talks, "despite the determination of the NDFP to seek the ouster of this regime." Read more »

Duterte ouster Reds' 2019 priority: Sison

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 02 03:08 PM

MANILA- Ousting President Rodrigo Duterte will be the "principal work" of communist rebels this 2019, its leader Jose Maria Sison said Wednesday.  Read more »

8,000 Reds have surrendered under localized peace talks - Lorenzana

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 03:45 PM

MANILA - Some 8,000 communist rebels have surrendered since the government pursued localized peace talks with communist rebels, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said, as he touted the effectiveness of this strategy instead of negotiating with exiled leaders of the communist party. Read more »

Gobyerno, kinutya ang ika-50 anibersaryo ng CPP

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 26 11:50 PM

Ayon sa ilang miyembro ng militar at kapulisan, bigo ang isinagawang rebelyon ng grupong CPP at walang dahilan para ipagdiwang ang pagkakatatag nito. Read more »

19 rebels surrender as Reds mark golden anniversary

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 05:34 PM

Nineteen rebels surrendered to the military in Agusan del Sur on Wednesday as the Communist Party of the Philippines marked its golden anniversary. Read more »