With the tit-for-tat between the GPH and NDFP panels regarding who is to blame for the seemingly imminent failure of the peace talks intensifying, is there still hope?
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NDFP, GPH agree to resume informal talks

By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Parties have agreed to continue meaningful discussions of concerns and issues raised by both sides on June 14 and 15, 2012 in Oslo, to pave the way for the resumption of the formal talks in the peace negotiations in order to resolve the armed conflict and attain a just and lasting peace.”
Groups blast Aquino gov’t’s P31-M ‘reward’ to RPA-ABB
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) in Panay lashed out against the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and its attempts to justify the Aquino administration’s release of some P31 million ($720 thousand) to the break-away faction of the RPA-ABB based in Panay and Negros Islands. Bayan-Panay based its criticism…
Bayan calls for abolition of Opapp, resignation of Deles

By INA ALLECO SILVERIO
‘The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process is given charge of P569.64 million ($13.2 million), a strangely huge amount when it is not an implementing agency. It has no regular staffing, yet it claims to be implementing a multi-million project covering 970 villages.’
Aquino Government’s Peace Adviser Dilly-Dallying on Peace Talks — NDFP

By RONALYN V. OLEA
The NDFP has reiterated its readiness to resume peace talks with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) on the basis of The Hague Joint Declaration and subsequent agreements — Luis Jalandoni, chairman of the NDFP negotiating panel.