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Palace: Mindanao should remain under state of emergency over insurgency, terror threat

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 03 04:39 PM

Mindanao should remain under a state of emergency even after military rule was lifted in the southern Philippines because of the persisting communist insurgency problem, Malacañang said Friday. Read more »

OPINION: The elusive peace in the countryside

Edmund Tayao
Posted at Dec 30 05:09 PM

We have to be patient and sensitive if we are to expect the peace process to not only make remarkable headway but ultimately to succeed. Read more »

Palace: Local peace efforts in Davao can continue

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 06:25 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte is allowing local peace efforts in his hometown Davao City to continue, Malacañang said Thursday after its mayor, Sara Duterte-Carpio, called on the government to exclude the city from national peace efforts with communist rebels. Read more »

Palace dares Joma to return to PH for one-on-one talk

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 26 10:13 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - President Rodrigo Duterte wants exiled communist leader Jose Maria Sison to return to the Philippines for a one-on-one discussion as the government pushed for the reopening of formal peace negotiations with rebels, Malacañang said Thursday. Read more »

Panelo backtracks, now believes reported Duterte inclusion in Reds’ hit list

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 03:23 PM

Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo backtracked Thursday on his earlier statement excluding President Rodrigo Duterte from a supposed hit list by communist rebels. Read more »

'Ayaw namin sa NPA'

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 11:35 AM

Members of different Quezon City Police task forces and civilian volunteer groups march along the University Avenue in Quezon City to denounce the violence allegedly being perpetrated by Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People's Army (NPA). Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 23, 2019

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 24 12:14 AM

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

Sara Duterte wants Davao excluded from ceasefire, peace talks with Reds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 06:32 PM

Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio also asked that her hometown be excluded from the peace negotiations with the rebels should it push through. Read more »

Palace belies report Duterte on Reds' hit list, says Esperon fed with wrong info

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 03:49 PM

"That report is false news. That has been denied by Jose Maria Sison himself, so how can we react if that is false news?" Presidential spokesman Sal Panelo said. Read more »

A call for 'Joma’s' arrest

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 03:22 PM

Anti-communist groups hold a protest in front of the Dutch Embassy in Makati on Monday.  Read more »

Esperon claims CPP-NPA hit list includes him, Duterte

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 17 11:16 PM

Cabinet officials, who are retired military officers like himself, are also on the hit list, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon said. Read more »

Palace urges Reds to stop attacks for peace talks

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 16 01:04 PM

Malacañang urged communist rebels on Monday to refrain from staging attacks to pave the way for the resumption of peace negotiations with the government. Read more »

Palace official condemns NPA attack in Borongan, CHR sets probe

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 15 02:22 AM

The recent New People's Army attack that killed 2 and injured 14 others in Eastern Samar is "reprehensible," a Palace official said Saturday, days after President Rodrigo Duterte declared the government's willingness to resume peace talks with the communist rebels. Read more »

Gov’t, Reds need to KO ‘hardliners’ to revive peace talks: former ceasefire chief

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 11:25 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte’s last-ditch attempt to resuscitate peace talks with Maoist rebels will require both sides to rein in hardliners and to be open to negotiate despite continued hostilities on the ground, the government panel’s former ceasefire chief said Tuesday. Read more »

Dela Rosa: 'Insincere' Reds open to peace talks to 'widen fighting space' for NPA

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 03:28 PM

"...Si Joma (Sison) nag-open ng peace talks dahil nakikita nila na yung mga tao nila sa baba, naiipit na," says Sen. Bato dela Rosa.  Read more »

Joma Sison wants 'goodwill measures' before peace talks resume

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 10 12:15 AM

Communist leader Jose Maria Sison wants goodwill measures from the Philippine government before agreeing to the resumption of peace negotiations. Read more »

Peace talks in PH? Not yet, says Joma Sison

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 09 11:02 AM

MANILA - Resuming the peace talks is a welcome surprise for Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Ma. Sison, but holding it in the Philippines may not just happen yet. Read more »

Rights group Karapatan documents more red-tagging incidents

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 01:26 AM

Rights group Karapatan has documented more cases of red-tagging, this time, in Quezon City. Read more »

Duterte serious about peace with Reds: Na'tl Security Adviser

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 08 07:51 PM

The military meanwhile will continue operations against the rebels until formal peace talks resume, said National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon. Read more »

NUPL complains of new incidents of red-tagging

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 02:38 PM

Lawyers from the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) complained Sunday of new incidents of red-tagging in Tacloban and General Santos City. Read more »