“We cannot achieve this successful and very significant step forward in the peace negotiations without the strong commitment of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the spirit of goodwill and friendliness of our counterparts…”
Day: August 26, 2016
UP students protest privatization, demand accountability from outgoing head
Some 200 students stormed the UP Board of Regents meeting in a protest Aug. 25.
Groups to Duterte: ‘Look into root cause of illegal drugs in poor communities’
Improving the quality of life of the people is the better option than violence.
Luisita farmers laud DAR ruling to distribute Tadeco lands
Agrarian Reform Sec. Rafael Mariano ordered the distribution of the lands being controlled by the Cojuangco family through Tadeco.
GRP, NDFP peace panels agree on 6 points
Both panels already initialed their joint drafts of the affirmation of previously signed agreements, reconstitution of NDFP’s list of Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (Jasig)-protected personnel, acceleration of the peace negotiations, the mode of interim ceasefire, general amnesty of NDFP-listed political detainees, and the convening of the Joint Monitoring Committee of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).