Reds eye truce cancellation
COMMUNIST Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Thursday threatened to call off the truce it declared last ...
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Reds buck govt terms of peace
THE communist National Democratic Front on Tuesday accused President Rodrigo Duterte of holding political prisoners hostage to force the rebels ...
Read morePolitical prisoners join hunger strike
MORE than 600 inmates and political prisoners are joining the nationwide hunger strike to demand that the Duterte administration issue ...
Read moreDecember truce possible–Bello
LABOR Secretary and government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello III remains confident of forging a truce with communist rebels around December ...
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Reds deny Bello yarn on Dec. 10 peace deal
COMMUNIST rebels said there would not be a ceasefire agreement by the target date of December 10, and blamed the ...
Read moreReds insist on amnesty before talks
THE communist National Democratic Front on Friday warned that the delay in the release of the alleged political prisoners promised ...
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Release political prisoners
Members of the women’s group Gabriela, led by Rep. Emmi de Jesus, picket the Department of Justice in Ermita, Manila ...
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