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Duterte: Things would be easier if only we could bomb communists

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 10 08:38 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said things would have been easier for the government if it could just drop bombs in lairs of communist rebels, as he urged members of the New People’s Army to just surrender and return to the fold of the law. Read more »

Duterte vows land reform in Masbate

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 09 08:28 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday vowed to pursue land reform in Masbate, as he sought to downplay communist influence over the impoverished Bicolano province.   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 »

Communists deny police claims linking them to Batocabe murder

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 25 10:45 PM

The communist NDFP on Tuesday denied having a hand in the killing of AKO Bicol party-list Rep. Rodel Batocabe. Read more »

Police see no threat in Metro Manila during holidays

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 03:39 PM

MANILA - The National Capital Region Police Office on Sunday said they have not monitored any security threats in the country's capital during the holidays. Read more »

Military to deploy intel agents, not hit squads vs NPA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 03 02:30 PM

The military on Monday said it will deploy intelligence units to hunt down the New People’s Army, not "death squads" as pushed by President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Palace: Public should be ‘happy’ about hit squad vs rebels

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 04:16 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte’s proposal to form a death squad that would target suspected communists remains an “idea” for now, but the public should be “happy” if it becomes a reality, Malacañang said Thursday. Read more »

Duterte slammed over threat to create 'death squad'

Martin Petty, Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 03:51 PM

MANILA - Philippine leftists reacted with dismay on Wednesday to a threat by President Rodrigo Duterte to create a "death squad" to hunt down what he said were Maoist assassins, a plan critics said could trigger a spree of killings similar to his bloody war on drugs. Read more »

NDFP consultant nabbed for illegal possession of firearms

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 08 05:06 PM

MANILA - (UPDATED) A consultant for the National Democratic Front of the Philippines was arrested in Novaliches, Quezon City for alleged possession of illegal firearms, police said Thursday. Read more »

Duterte eyes creating national task force tackling communist insurgency

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 11:24 PM

Duterte has ordered the creation of a national task force that will address the armed conflict involving communist rebels, the Palace said Thursday. Read more »

2 communist armies eyed in Negros farmers' massacre, says mayor

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 22 04:05 PM

Investigators are looking at the possible involvement of the communist New People's Army and the Revolutionary Proletarian Army involvement in the deadly shooting of 9 farmers in Sagay, Negros Occidental, its mayor said Monday.  Read more »

Bello: Gov't sticking to localized peace talks with Reds

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 21 04:43 PM

The government's chief peace negotiator said the Duterte administration will push through with localized peace talks with communist rebels despite a top communist leader's statement that they are again ready to go back to the negotiation table. Read more »

Joma tells Duterte: Reds ready to resume peace talks 'anytime'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 20 01:05 PM

Top communist leader Jose Maria Sison said Saturday it is leaving the resumption of peace talks with the government to President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Albayalde urges probe on alleged Red recruitment in Lumad schools

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 18 02:55 PM

National police chief Director General Oscar Albayalde on Thursday urged the education officials to look into reports that some schools for Lumads or indigenous people are being used as a breeding ground of communists.    Read more »

CHED says it values academic freedom after schools tagged in 'Red October'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 17 03:29 PM

MANILA - A Commission on Higher Education official on Wednesday stressed that the commission values academic freedom and freedom of education after the military claimed that communists were recruiting in schools for its alleged "Red October" plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

7 nabbed over Red October plot

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 16 03:16 PM

Seven alleged terrorists linked to the "Red October" plot to remove President Rodrigo Duterte from office this month have been arrested, the police and military said Tuesday.  Read more »

Oust-Duterte plot moved to December, says military

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 15 10:46 AM

The plan of communist rebels to overthrow the government this month has fizzled out, but they are still plotting destabilization moves for December, the military said Monday. Read more »

Students’ rage

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 05:07 PM

Students from different universities, led by the militant youth group League of Filipino Students (LFS) join a protest march from UST to Mendiola on Friday. Read more »

Military open to talk with schools tagged in 'Red recruitment'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 04 03:44 PM

MANILA - The military on Thursday said it will seek a dialogue with the officials of the country's top universities, where communist rebels are allegedly recruiting students for a plot to remove President Rodrigo Duterte from office. Read more »

Duterte fires left-leaning labor undersecretary

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 03 10:20 AM

The President also blasted labor groups such as the Kilusang Mayo Uno for strikes that “paralyze the economy.” Read more »