QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com 1. A civil war has been raging in the countryside since 1969. Landlessness, feudal exploitation, state brutality against the poor and marginalized – these are some of the issues that led to the formation of the New People’s Army. An armed force of the poor, by the poor, and for…
The implications of the potential positive progress of the peace negotiations on the Filipino people are huge. If successful, this will forge the nation’s unity, which would have positive effects on the economy, the assertion of the country’s sovereignty, and on effective, far-reaching political reforms.
The combined peace initiatives of the Braganza team, the NDFP negotiating panel and the Royal Norwegian Government Special Envoy thus have come to naught. The responsibility lies squarely on Secretary Deles and President Aquino.” — NDFP
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Ask a Filipino nowadays what he or she knows about Colombia and chances are the reply will be about how the reigning Miss Universe, the Philippines’ Pia Alonzo Wurztbach, almost lost her crown to Miss Colombia, Ariadna Gutiérrez, after the emcee mistakenly announced the Colombian beauty to be the…
His Holiness, Pope Francis PP.00120 Via del Pellegrino Citta del Vaticano Dear Pope Francis, Our hearts are filled with hope in anticipation of Your Holiness’ visit to the Philippines. As peace advocates, we are heartened by Your Holiness’ choice of name honoring St. Francis of Assisi, the very first to do so. We are greatly…
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Only 18 months remain of President Aquino’s six-year term. He bows out in July 2016. In the new-year spirit of fulfilling a resolution — or an electoral-campaign promise he made in April 2010 — will P-Noy resume formal peace talks with the National Democratic…
“The price of war has been incalculable…Listen to the anguish of men and women.”
Both blocs in ongoing civil war in PH claim they are for the interests of the people and the integrity of our environment. Let that be a starting point.
How could the peace talks between the GPH and the NDFP proceed? Bulatlat.com’s editor Benjie Oliveros and Rey Casambre, executive director of the Philippine Peace Center and one of the convenors of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform, discusses about this and more.
“How could we have peace when our government does not care for the poor?” – urban poor leader
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The GPH has deliberately refused to comply with its commitments in agreements forged with the NDFP, despite the full knowledge that compliance would immediately break the impasse and cause the resumption of the formal talks of the GPH and NDFP Negotiating Panels.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP