By DEE AYROSO
Not listening
Tags: GRP-NDFP peace talks
How dare they
By DEE AYROSO
Caser | Advancing the people’s right to health
Progressive health groups still pin hope on the resumption of the GRP-NDFP peace talks to bring in reforms in health service.
Calls for resumption of GRP-NDFP peace talks reverberate
“Abandoning the peace talks at this point will put to waste the gains and goodwill that have been made between the GRP and NDFP since the resumption of the talks in August of 2016.”
CPP slams Duterte for terminating GRP-NDFP peace talks
“Duterte is proving to the NDFP and the people how difficult it is to conduct serious negotiations with a doublespeaking thug who only recognizes his own rules.”
Advocates urge Duterte to resume peace talks with Reds
“Socioeconomic reforms that will benefit the people is the most compelling reason for the peace talks to continue.”
Revolutionary movement to persist despite government’s all-out war, NDFP says
“As before, we shall weather Lorenzana’s declaration (of all-out war) and gain strength.”
‘Order to arrest NDFP consultants no legal basis’ – lawyer
“Only the courts which granted NDFP consultants temporary liberty by virtue of cash bail can act or order whether or not they can be validly rearrested, if at all, and not by the unilateral action of the PNP nor the AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines, much less even by the mere instructions of the GRP President.”
Reds end unilateral ceasefire
In a statement, the CPP’s Central Committee and the NPA’s National Operations Command cited two reasons for the termination of the unilateral ceasefire — the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP)’s non-compliance with its obligation to release all political prisoners and the continuous military operations by government troops in rural communities.
Talks on joint ceasefire shelved sans release of political prisoners
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Talks on possible joint ceasefire between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have been deferred to February due to the non-release of political prisoners. The government peace panel committed anew to release political prisoners as the third…
‘Difficult but successful’ round of talks ends in Rome
The parties said they achieved advances on six major issues listed on their agenda.
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