The Aquino administration is really asking for it. Renewing his verbal attacks on the Aquino government from his Dutch aerie, Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison warned of increased offensives throughout the country from the New People’s Army (NPA), the CPP’s armed wing, as a result of the government’s allegedly unilateral termination of the peace talks.
The difficulty of holding talks with officials of The Netherlands-based National Democratic Front (NDF) has had a lot to do with the rebels’ use of outdated jargon, Malacañang said on Monday.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Monday said the government might initiate negotiations with field units of the New People’s Army after chief government negotiator Alexander Padilla reported that a peace deal with the Communist Party of the Philippines leadership based in the Netherlands seemed unlikely for now.
Militant groups on Tuesday trooped to the Court of Appeals which was hearing the case of the missing security guard allegedly taken by the military for being a member of the Communist Party of the Philippines.
Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Tuesday said the communist insurgents might make their presence felt on the 44th anniversary of the New People’s Army (NPA) on March 29 because of the stalled peace talks.
The National Democratic Front in Southern Mindanao on Sunday said it has ordered the release of Police Officer 3 Ruben Nojapa, who was “arrested” by New People’s Army rebels on March 18 during a raid on a village of Nabunturan, Compostela Valley.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Southern Mindanao asked the Armed Forces of the Philippines to declare a ceasefire in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley to allow the immediate release of a soldier and policeman who were abducted last Jan. 17.
Breaking its silence, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has asked communist rebels to respect its own struggle for self-governance over predominantly Moro-populated areas in Mindanao.
Communist rebels are cashing on the 2013 elections by imposing “permit to campaign” fees of up to P5 million on political candidates, the Philippine Army said Friday.
The New People’s Army (NPA) command in southern Mindanao has owned up to the abduction on Friday of a soldier and a policeman in Compostela Valley as the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) vowed to “frustrate” the counterinsurgency program of newly appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista.
The Communist Party of the Philippines on Thursday re-extended its ceasefire after cutting it short Wednesday to “help push forward peace negotiations.”
After the Court of Appeals denied the petition of fugitive retired general Jovito Palparan and his aide questioning their Bulacan court trial in connection with the disappearance of two University of the Philippines coeds, their lawyers have filed a petition with the appellate court to stop the proceedings, claiming that their clients were victims of “persecution, not prosecution.”
The family of a security guard allegedly taken by the military after he was mistaken to be part of the Communist Party of the Philippines asked the Supreme Court to order his release from detention.
