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25 communist rebels surrender in Sultan Kudarat: military

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 12:12 AM

Authorities seized 12 firearms and 2 improvised explosives from the rebels. Read more »

Joma Sison: Duterte never gets tired of terminating peace talks

Jofelle Tesorio, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Posted at Aug 17 07:37 PM

UTRECHT, The Netherlands - President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest pronouncement terminating peace negotiations with the Reds is like a broken record. Read more »

Joma Sison: Duterte never gets tired of terminating peace talks

Jofelle Tesorio, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau
Updated as of Aug 17 11:29 PM

UTRECHT, The Netherlands - President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest pronouncement terminating peace negotiations with the Reds is like a broken record. Read more »

Duterte: Unlike cops and soldiers, rebels are 'robots'

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 30 11:52 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday took another swipe at communist rebels and their exiled leader Joma Sison, saying they are like robots following a "bankrupt ideology".   Read more »

Military confident localized peace talks will succeed

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 19 08:50 PM

This, even as the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) declined to participate in the talks. Read more »

Pinuno umano ng NPA, 4 iba pa arestado sa N. Samar

Ranulfo Docdocan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 10:58 AM

CATARMAN, Northern Samar - Naaresto ng pinagsamang puwersa ng militar at pulis ang isang lider umano ng New People's Army (NPA) at 4 niyang kasamahan sa checkpoint sa Barangay Bangkerohan nitong nagdaang Biyernes Read more »

Possible Church connivance with Reds not fake news - Roque

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 04 12:03 PM

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque still failed to name Catholic Church leaders who may be conniving with communist rebels to oust President Duterte, after a Manila prelate dared him to divulge their identities. 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 »

Palace: No info on Joma's August homecoming

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 20 07:46 AM

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on Wednesday said he has no information on whether or not exiled communist leader Jose Maria Sison will return to the Philippines in August.    Read more »

Baril at mga pampasabog ng NPA, narekober sa Cotabato

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 25 05:26 AM

Nagsilbing kuta ng mga miyembro ng New People's Army (NPA) ang lugar kung saan natagpuan ang mga pampasabog. Read more »

Gov't, Reds start informal talks in Europe

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 08 03:14 PM

The Philippine government and the communist rebels have started holding informal talks in Europe as they bid to resume peace talks, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process said Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte sets window for peace talks with communist rebels

Reuters
Updated as of Apr 22 10:30 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday he had set a 60-day time frame for peace talks he is seeking to revive with communist guerrillas, urging the rebels' exiled leader to come home to hammer out a deal.  Read more »

Duterte creates task force for rebel returnees

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 05 06:14 AM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has created a task force that will handle all government efforts at reintegrating former communist rebels into society. 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 »

Bello to NPA: Stop arson attacks before talking peace

Jamaine Punzalan. ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 08:27 AM

Efforts to revive peace negotiations between the government and communist rebels will not succeed if the New People’s Army does not stop committing acts of arson, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Tuesday.  Read more »

'Lay down arms': Lorenzana challenges NPA on 'futile' anniversary

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 11:13 AM

MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday urged members of the New People's Army (NPA) to return to the fold of the law as it heightened its alert status on the 49th year anniversary of the group today. Read more »

Ilang pulis sa Kamaynilaan, naaktuhang natutulog habang naka-duty

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 01:39 AM

Nag-ikot ang NCRPO sa ilang estasyon ng pulis para masigurong handa sila ngayong Semana Santa, lalo sa banta ng rebeldeng NPA. Read more »

Saudi Arabia shoots down missiles from Yemen; 1 dead from debris

Reuters
Posted at Mar 26 08:57 AM

Saudi air defenses shot down seven ballistic missiles fired by Yemen's Houthi militia on Sunday, with debris killing a man in what was the first death in the capital during the Saudi-led coalition's three-year military campaign in Yemen. Read more »

Over 60 solons urge Duterte to resume peace talks

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 26 02:41 PM

Crossing party lines, some 60 congressmen on Sunday signed a resolution urging President Rodrigo Duterte to resume peace negotiations between the government and communist rebels. Read more »

Reds to fight Duterte 'without hesitation' if tagged as terrorists: Joma

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 12 03:04 PM

Communist rebels will fight President Rodrigo Duterte "single-mindedly" and "without hesitation" if the government brands them as terrorists, their exiled leader Jose Maria Sison warned Monday.  Read more »