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THE DAY IN PHOTOS: MARCH 21, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 12:58 AM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

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 »

Communist peace panel consultant arrested

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 06:23 PM

National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Renante Gamara raises his fist as he is transferred to the Southern Police District Headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Thursday.  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 »

Farmers assail Año’s alleged red-tagging

Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 07 07:03 PM

Farmers from the Southern Tagalog region call for the arrest of Interior Secretary Eduardo Año over alleged 'political crimes' against farmers and civilians, during a protest in front of the Department of Interior and Local Government in Quezon City on Thursday.  Read more »

OPINION: Gov't Geneva ‘stunt’ a ploy to justify increased attacks on rights advocates

Inday Espina-Varona -- scaRRedcat
Posted at Feb 25 07:43 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is laying the groundwork for a wider crackdown on rights advocates and activists with a series of moves aimed at UN rights bodies based in Geneva. Read more »

OPINION: Red-tagging a vicious form of fake news

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Feb 25 07:25 PM

When we talk of fake news and disinformation, we think of social media. That’s understandable because this is the era of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and other social media platforms. Read more »

Hit list? Flyers red-tagging bishop, journo distributed in Cagayan de Oro

Rod Bolivar, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 23 08:15 PM

CAGAYAN DE ORO (UPDATE)—Activist group Karapatan has condemned flyers accusing local personalities and organizations as members of the New People’s Army and Communist Party of the Philippines. 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 »

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 »

Protesters assail CPP-NPA 'terrorism'

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 06:56 PM

Protesters wear costumes during a protest rally denouncing the armed leftist organization, New People’s Army (NPA) in front of the building were the Deutsch Embassy is located in Paseo De Roxas in Makati, Wednesday. 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 »

Lorenzana: Duterte didn't order former PCA chief to lead backdoor talks with Reds

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 16 12:55 AM

MANILA (UPDATED) -- President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday denied ordering a former Philippine Coconut Authority chief to lead the backdoor talks with communist leader Jose Maria Sison, according to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana. Read more »

NDFP always ready for peace talks, says chief negotiator

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN News Europe
Updated as of Jan 09 11:36 AM

UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS – Communist rebels are willing and very much ready to resume peace negotiations with the government if the latter is really serious, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines' chief negotiator said.  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 »