Iloilo City, a highly-urbanized city (HUC) in Western Visayas is throwing support to the efforts of the national government to put an end to the local communist armed conflict. City stakeholders gathered on Wednesday for the nationwide simultaneous people’s support rally and peace covenant signing… Read More
In light of the recent Senate inquiry on missing students who allegedly joined leftist organizations proliferating in schools, Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said educational institutions especially state colleges and universities should fully cooperate with security forces to ensure there is no presence of radical… Read More
Despite the widely reported capture, torture and cold-blooded execution of four police officers by Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) terrorists in Ayungon town, Negros Oriental on July 18, 2019, why the deafening silence from two militant groups, Karapatan and the National Union… Read More
A senior official of the US Department of State on July 18, 2019, vowed to look into Philippine tribal leaders’ claims of abuses and attacks by the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) — a group declared a… Read More
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) urges local government units (LGUs) that declared the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP/NPA) as persona non grata “not to succumb to the terrorist group’s threats and remain steadfast” in the government’s drive to… Read More
As the nation celebrates the 121st anniversary of the Philippine Independence declaration, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año on called on all peace-loving Filipinos, particularly the youth, indigenous peoples (IPs), and urban poor, “to protect our freedom and shun recruitment… Read More
President Rodrigo Duterte revealed that he terminated the peace talks because Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison demanded a coalition government, despite his willingness to have peace talks. “The problem with Sison—which I would like to have peace talks, reach out to… Read More
The Philippine Army said that the continuation of peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) would depend on the sincerity of the communist group and on their agreement to a ceasefire. The NDF is the main umbrella organization that counts… Read More
