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Gov't looks to engage 'directly' with Reds with localized peace panel

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 08:11 PM

Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez said the new peace panel will oversee ongoing localized peace negotiations with communist rebels. Read more »

Sison: Arrested NDFP peace consultant protected by safety guarantees

Jofelle Tesorio, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 21 11:53 PM

Sison said even if there is a breakdown of peace talks, protection for negotiators, consultants, resource persons, and other negotiating personnel should be guaranteed. Read more »

Arrest of Reds consultant, priest 'dubious,' says legal counsel

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 21 10:09 PM

The arrest of a communist peace panel consultant and a priest on Wednesday are "dubious," a lawyer said Thursday. 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 »

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 »

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 »

Natitirang 8 bihag ng NPA, pinalaya na sa Agusan del Sur

Richmond Hinayon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 19 08:59 PM

Matapos ang 2 buwan, pinalaya na ng New People’s Army ang natitirang 8 nitong bihag sa bayan ng Bayugan, Agusan del Sur nitong Martes ng hapon. 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 »

Slain Red consultant's peers, kin risk raps for taking evidence - police

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 06 01:35 PM

MANILA - Police on Wednesday said it would lodge complaints against two colleagues and a relative of a slain communist consultant for taking evidence related to his killing last week.  Read more »

CCTV footage sa pamamaril kay NDFP consultant Randy Malayao, inilabas

Maan Macapagal, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 06 08:14 AM

MAYNILA - Inilabas ng pulisya ang CCTV kung saan nakuhanan ang pumatay kay National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randy Malayao sa Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya. Read more »

Joma: Communist peace consultant's murder ‘act of state terrorism’

Jofelle P. Tesorio, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Updated as of Feb 01 10:46 AM

AMSTERDAM - Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria ‘Joma’ Sison has said the killing of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randy Malayao was a “horrible act of state terrorism.” Read more »

Palace condemns slays of NDFP consultant, QC barangay exec

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 31 04:19 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Thursday condemned the killings of National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randy Malayao and Quezon City barangay chairman Cristelle Beltran. Read more »

NDF consultant patay nang pagbabarilin sa bus habang tulog

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 30 06:12 PM

Habang tulog ang biktima sa bus, isang lalaki ang umakyat at tinungo ang kinauupuan ng biktima, at saka ito pinagbabaril. Read more »

Communist peace panel consultant shot dead inside bus

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 30 04:17 PM

National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) peace consultant Randy Felix Malayao was shot dead inside a bus in Nueva Vizcaya province before dawn on Wednesday, his colleagues said.   Read more »

Reds' consultant Baylosis released from detention

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 08:19 PM

MANILA - National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Rafael Baylosis was released from detention in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig on Friday afternoon, rights group Karapatan said. 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 »

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 »

NUJP decries 'red-tagging' by 3 local tabloids

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 08 04:08 PM

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) denounced reports published by three local tabloids, linking them to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), the New People’s Army (NPA), and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP). Read more »

Reds to help Usman victims despite risk of attack: Jalandoni

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 07 06:26 PM

Communist rebels have implemented an unofficial ceasefire in Bicol region to help those affected by tropical depression Usman, an NDFP adviser said Monday. Read more »