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Duterte recognizes Sison as leader of communist forces: Panelo

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 02 09:20 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte recognizes exiled communist leader Jose Maria Sison as the head of communist rebels in the Philippines, Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said Thursday, following his challenge to his former mentor to come home and have a one-on-one discussion. 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 »

Police, military hold indignation rallies vs communists

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 11:05 PM

Attempts to revive peace talks between the Philippine government and the communist group are in peril.  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 »

Sara Duterte 'bent to rule with impunity': communist rebels

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 26 09:57 AM

The President's daughter is "bent to rule with impunity," the National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Southern Mindanao said in a statement. 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 »

The ANC Brief: Holiday ceasefire

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 04:02 AM

The government and communist rebels have agreed to a nationwide holiday ceasefire. Here are the big stories making the headlines on ANC today. Read more »

Palace declares ceasefire with communist rebels, eyes resumption of peace talks

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Updated as of Dec 23 03:06 PM

The Philippine government announced on Sunday a ceasefire with communist rebels for the Christmas holidays as the two sides moved closer to resuming peace negotiations. Read more »

Gov't, Reds agree to push for holiday ceasefire

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 22 09:45 PM

Government's peace panel and the National Democratic Front Panel (NDFP) have agreed to recommend a nationwide ceasefire over the holidays following President Rodrigo Duterte's hint at a possible resumption of peace negotiations. Read more »

131 lawmakers back revival of peace talks with Reds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 20 05:03 PM

A total of 131 members of the House of Representatives have filed a multi-partisan resolution calling for the immediate resumption of peace negotiations between the government and communist rebels.    Read more »

Gov't bent on restarting peace talks despite Duterte's order to crush NPA

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 19 06:25 PM

The government is still keen on restarting peace negotiations with communist rebels even after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military to crush its armed wing, the New Peoples' Army, Malacañang said Thursday. Read more »

No ceasefire despite exploratory talks with Reds: security officials

Chiara Zambrano, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 18 12:04 AM

Defense chief Delfin Lorenzana and National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon agreed there would be no ceasefire declared for the coming holidays. 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 »

Peace talks with Reds may resume in January: Bello

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 12 10:04 AM

The government might restart stalled peace talks with communist rebels next month after the 2 sides iron out several "goodwill measures", former chief negotiator Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello said Thursday. 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 »