“For the past three decades I have always worked for just peace to reign in the Philippines and for the Filipino people. Members of the government peace negotiating panels and other GRP officials can attest to this."
"While being firm and a good negotiator, your aura has always been appeasing and pleasant, and your generosity and kind heart very present.” -- Royal Norwegian Government Special Envoy to the Philippine Peace Process Elisabeth Slattum to Luis Jalandoni
“The Aquino regime has emerged as the worst violator of the Jasig by harassing Jalandoni with an invalid and improperly served subpoena and threatening to arrest and imprison him on trumped up charges of non-bailable common crimes.”
“Louie Jalandoni’s illustrated biography could leave the reader stunned by the double impact of its edifying and insurgent message — in its account of a youth who was a witness to the greed of traditional Negros landowners and their callous indifference to the plight of their workers.”
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By LISA ITO Bulatlat.com Book review of Louie Jalandoni, Revolutionary: An Illustrated Biography (2015), launched on 25 April 2015 at the Bahay ng Alumni, University of the Philippines Diliman I first heard of the name Luis Jalandoni as a young campus journalist,...
"The talks are not moving because Aquino cannot make decisions on his own.”
Luis Jalandoni asks the Aquino government to respect and comply with its obligations arising from the JASIG, the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL), and other binding bilateral peace agreements.
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main Story: A signed ‘framework agreement doesn’t mean fight is over’ MANILA – The supporters and fighters of the Bangsamoro people may have the trust and allegiance of progressive peoples’ organizations in the Philippines, but...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Sometimes, you ask ‘Why should you still have talks with a regime that shows no political will? That violates human rights? On the other hand, the economic crisis is worsening and it shows the necessity of holding negotiations on socio-economic reforms to address the roots of the armed conflict.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP
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By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"This is not something we can give up on easily. We are talking about our country's chances of securing a just and lasting peace and putting an end to the armed conflict. These are aspirations that all peace-loving Filipinos share, and we should persevere in the peace talks. If there are problems, we have to find solutions to them; if there are obstacles, then they should be overcome."
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“If the GPH does not want [to proceed with the talks], the revolutionary struggle is there. We will not abandon our instrument for national and social liberation.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP
By RONALYN V. OLEA and INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"We would like to appeal to both panels to iron out their differences and proceed with the formal peace talks. We believe that it is better to engage in principled debate over the negotiating table rather than other venues.” – Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform
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NDFP panel's Luis Jalandoni and Coni Ledesma talk about updates on the postponed peace talks between the Government of the Philippines and NDFP.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
"The NDFP proposal to defer the talks of the Reciprocal Working Committees on Social and Economic Reforms (RWCs SER) and the Working Groups on Political and Constitutional Reforms (WGs PCR) scheduled in Oslo this month is meant to allow the GPH to comply with the Jasig." – Luis Jalandoni
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“They’re [GPH] so enthusiastic about the schedule but they are the ones putting stumbling blocks.” - NDFP
By D.L. Mondelo Bulatlat Correspondent ULTRECHT, The Netherlands – “The National Democratic Front of the Philippines is very appreciative of the persistent and painstaking efforts of the ‘Sowing the Seeds of Peace’ (Mindanao Movement for a Just and Lasting Peace).”...
GPH-NDFP Peace Talks Opening Statements
Interview: NDFP's Jalandoni, GPH's Padilla
The government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines resumed peace negotiations on Feb. 15, 2011, after a six-year impasse. Up in the talks is the second of the four substantive agenda, socio-economic reforms. Shown above are...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
They met at a time when the Philippines was awakening to a revolution that sought to empower the poor against their exploiters. He was a priest, she was a nun, and the time was 1971, a year before the dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos declared martial law.
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