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Groups alarmed as State U tosses books on Peace talks

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 07:05 PM

The Kalinga State University said the decision was made after the Anti-Terrorism Council declared the CPP, NPA, and NDFP as terrorist organizations. Read more »

'Tokhang' vs. activists 'patently illegal': Bayan

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Posted at Aug 30 09:40 AM

The 'tokhang'- style approach against alleged leftists, activists, and rights workers in Cordillera is patently illegal, an activist said. Read more »

QC court quashes search warrants vs NDF peace talks staff

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 20 01:43 PM

A Quezon City court has quashed search warrants issued by QC Regional Trial Court Executive Judge Cecilyn Burgos-Villavert against two peace talks staffers of the National Democratic Front due to inconsistent statements and questions surrounding the primary prosecution witness. Read more »

Anti-Terror Council tags NDF as terrorist organization

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Updated as of Jul 19 03:34 PM

The Anti-Terrorism Council has designated the National Democratic Front as a terrorist organization, calling it an “integral and inseparable part” of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army. Read more »

'Vaccine shots, not gunshots': Judge calls for ceasefire between gov't, Reds after Masbate blast

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Updated as of Jun 11 02:52 PM

A judge is calling for a ceasefire between state forces and communist rebels following a landmine explosion in Masbate last week that killed a union leader and football player. Read more »

Detained peace consultant asks SC: What could be basis for designation as terrorist?

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 19 09:49 PM

Peace consultant Rey Casambre is among the petitioners questioning the validity of the Anti-Terrorism Act.    Read more »

Duterte tells Reds: Do not intercept coronavirus vaccine deliveries

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Posted at Feb 08 10:29 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday appealed to members of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New Peoples' Army, to ensure that it will not intercept any coronavirus vaccine deliveries in the country. Read more »

Parlade continues red-baiting claims, alleges existence of CPP fund scam

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Posted at Feb 05 11:47 PM

The high-ranking military official in hot water for red-baiting a journalist appeared to be unfazed by the persistent criticism.   Read more »

PH military intelligence chief sacked over 'erroneous' list of alleged rebels

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Posted at Jan 28 10:57 PM

The Philippine military intelligence chief is fired from his post days after his office published a list that erroneously tagged alumni of the University of the Philippines as alleged communist rebels. Read more »

2 umanong ‘CPP-NPA leader na wanted sa kidnapping, murder’ huli sa Quezon

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 27 12:14 PM

Naaresto sa Atimonan, Quezon noong Sabado ang 2 umanong leader ng Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front. Read more »

Robredo camp denies 'peace talks' with Reds; tells Bong Go to check news

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 15 08:28 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo's office denied on Tuesday that it was holding peace talks with the communist National Democratic Front, contrary to fake news on a social media and a lawmaker's remarks.  Read more »

'Brutal murder' of elderly peace consultants condemned

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Posted at Dec 08 09:22 AM

A son of slain National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultants on Tuesday denounced what he called a "cold-blooded and brutal murder" of his parents from the hands of the police. Read more »

'Ceasefire is dead': Duterte says no more truce with Reds

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Posted at Dec 08 12:37 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said there will be no more truce between the government and communist rebels until the end of his term. Read more »

Anti-Reds task force seeks disqualification of Makabayan bloc from elections

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 10:28 PM

The government body created to weed out communist insurgency in the Philippines on Tuesday bared its determination to seek the disqualification of the Makabayan bloc's party-list groups before the Commission on Elections (Comelec).    Read more »

Reds cry foul over conviction of 2 peace consultants

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 27 11:44 PM

Two consultants to Philippine communist peace negotiators are found guilty of abducting a soldier over three decades ago. The lawyers of Benito and Wilma Tiamzon are challenging the verdict which the Philippine communist party describes as political persecution. Read more »

Joma Sison again denies legal groups as Red fronts, alleges military spliced video

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 10:52 AM

Exiled communist leader Jose Maria Sison on Wednesday reiterated a denial identifying progressive groups as communist front amid allegations he was to blame for red-tagging. Read more »

Grupong kontra-NPA nagsagawa ng candle lighting protest sa Quezon City

Wheng Hidalgo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 29 09:13 PM

Sa Quezon City naman dinala ng League of Parents of the Philippines at Liga Independencia Pilipinas ang kanilang patuloy na pag-alala sa mga namatay sa bansa dulot ng karahasan. Sa UP Diliman at sa Tomas Morato Memorial o Boy Scouts Circle ginawa ang candle lighting at pagdadasal, matapos ang kanilang pagkilos kahapon sa Maynila. Patuloy ang kanilang panawagan sa NPA na tigilan na ang recruitment sa mga kabataan. Read more »

We're in Congress, we do not advocate for armed struggle: Bayan Muna lawmaker

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Posted at Oct 29 11:10 AM

Progressive groups of lawmakers do not serve as a front to the communist groups and do not advocate for armed struggle, Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite said Thursday. Read more »

Araw ng mga Patay, ginunita ng grupong kontra-NPA sa Maynila

Wheng Hidalgo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 11:40 PM

Minabuti ng ilang grupo ngayong Miyerkoles na gunitain ang Araw ng mga Patay sa pamamagitan ng pagsindi ng kandila at pag-alay ng dasal sa Maynila para sa mga nasawing biktima umano ng komunistang grupo sa bansa. Read more »

Año sees nothing wrong with 'anti-NPA' tarpaulins

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Posted at Oct 24 06:11 PM

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of the Interior and Local Government sees nothing wrong with the posting messages denouncing communist rebels or terrorist groups all over the country, claiming it is protected speech under the Constitution. Read more »