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'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 »

Satur casts doubt on 'whole-of-nation' approach vs insurgency

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 12:36 PM

MANILA - A former peace negotiator for communist rebels doubts an executive order on a "whole-of-nation" approach to end insurgency will work in the long-term.  Read more »

Incoming military chief keen on solving insurgency

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 06 02:14 PM

DAVAO CITY - Incoming Armed Forces chief of staff General Benjamin Madrigal Jr. on Thursday vowed to elevate his fight against insurgency on a national level. Read more »

PH military backs 'liquidation squad' against NPA

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 05 03:42 PM

MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines said it supports President Rodrigo Duterte's proposal to form a hit squad against the New People's Army.  Read more »

Mga armas, pampasabog narekober ng militar sa Bukidnon

Angelo Andrade, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 09:28 PM

Iba't ibang klaseng mga armas at pampasabog ang narekober ng tropa ng 88th Infantry Battalion matapos maka-engkwentro ang hinihinalang mga miyembro ng Guerilla Front 6 ng CPP-NPA sa Barangay Santa Felomina, Quezon, Bukidnon noong Huwebes. Read more »

Robredo: Gov't must assure troop deployment will not lead to martial law

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 08:32 PM

Vice Persident Leni Robredo reiterated that she is not against Memorandum Order 32 issued by the palace but the Duterte administration must allay fears that it will lead to the declaration of martial law. Read more »

A Malay teacher speaks her mind

Karim Raslan -- Ceritalah ASEAN
Posted at Nov 11 03:03 AM

As Myanmar, the Philippines and other ASEAN nations continue to grapple with minority rights, it’s important to learn from Thailand’s complex and often bitter experience. Read more »

Ilang police detachment sa Masbate sinalakay ng NPA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 25 09:05 AM

Inatake ng mga hinihinalang miyembro ng New People's Army (NPA) ang ilang police detachment sa probinsya ng Masbate ngayong Martes ng madaling-araw. Read more »

Palace open to AFP's proposed anti-communist insurgency task force

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 23 04:07 PM

MANILA - Malacanang on Sunday said it is open the military's proposal to create an inter-agency task force to end the communist insurgency in the country. Read more »

Duterte: Communist insurgency over by 2019

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 18 10:42 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he is confident that the communist insurgency will be over by next year. Read more »

Reds signed stand-down deal because they trust Duterte: Bello

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 27 11:45 AM

Communist rebels signed a stand-down agreement with the government for the first time in its 50-year insurgency because they believe in the sincerity of President Rodrigo Duterte, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III claimed Wednesday.  Read more »

Gov't chief negotiator bullish on interim peace deal with Reds by June

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 08 07:36 PM

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III on Sunday expressed confidence that the government can ink an interim peace agreement with communist rebels some 2 months from now.    Read more »

Palace says to pursue move to declare NPA as terrorists

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 04 03:38 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Wednesday said President Rodrigo Duterte’s openness to resume peace talks with communist rebels would not affect the government’s move to have the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) formally declared a terror organization. Read more »

'Nagbalik-loob': Dating NPA, sundalo na ngayon

Jay Dayupay, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 08:50 AM

Isang dating miyembro ng New People's Army ang iprinisenta Lunes ng umaga sa Sarangani Capitol grounds. Read more »

6 wounded, as troops fight first clash with militants since Marawi battle

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 21 12:52 AM

The clash erupted after government forces encountered about 10 members of the Maute group in a district in Lanao del Sur. Read more »

Troops kill 4 pro-IS militants after Christmas Day attack

Reuters
Posted at Dec 26 08:32 PM

The shellings took place as the military pushes on with a new offensive after the country's biggest urban battle in decades in Marawi. Read more »

Is the Left ready for all-out war?

Inday Espina-Varona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 29 09:30 PM

Leaders of Asia’s longest-running insurgency say thousands of armed guerrillas and mass activists are ready to parry the threat of an all-out war under President Rodrigo Duterte. Read more »

Gov't cancels talks with Reds on Duterte's order

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 05:15 PM

The Philippine government is cancelling all planned meetings with communist rebels in line with President Rodrigo Duterte's order, Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza said Wednesday. Read more »

Duterte to Reds: 'Giyera na lang tayo'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 21 08:12 PM

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said his government has decided to no longer pursue talks with communist rebels, adding that the two sides should instead resume war.   Read more »

9 communist rebels dead in Nueva Ecija clash: military

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 08:53 PM

An army unit clashed with a small force of New People's Army guerrillas near Carranglan town, Nueva Ecija, early Wednesday. Read more »