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By Alan Jazmines February 14, 2012 It has been exactly a year now since I was treacherously arrested – on February 14, 2011, just a few hours before the resumption of the long-delayed formal talks between the peace panels of the National Democratic Front of the...
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
The Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) was a landmark agreement unique in the history of civil wars worldwide. But 13 years hence, its implementation has barely passed through the first stage and the peace talks continue to flounder.
By MARYA SALAMAT
The GPH talks whether with the MILF or with the NDFP remain bogged down until today, mired as these are in the GPH’s efforts to “box it in its counter-insurgency program called Oplan Bayanihan.” – Satur Ocampo of Makabayan
Sidebar: A saga of all-out euphemisms vs peace, the Moro and the ordinary people
LETTER TO THE EDITOR October 20, 2011 Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform “They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,” they say, when there is no peace.” (Jeremiah 6:14) It is not an overstatement to say that faith communities...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have again hit a snag. The GPH is blaming the NDFP for putting the release of its consultants as a...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Jurgette Honculada, a member of the GPH panel, said, “For peace talks to go back on track, the CPP-NPA-NDFP should disavow armed struggle.”
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Resume the peace talks and discuss the damage mining companies wreak on the environment. This was the call of environmental activist group Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) in the...
by ACE ALEGRE Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY -- Long-standing opposition to mining is turning out into another snag in the peace negotiations between the government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front. Conceding that the Communist Party of the Philippine...
By KARLOS MANLUPIG
“We require that the SOMO and SOPO allow the necessary, reasonable and flexible scale of time and area for the safe and orderly release of the captives at the initiative of their NPA custodians.” – Luis Jalandoni, NDFP
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Main Story: Wikileaks bares extent of US interference in Philippine affairs Sidebar: US lobbied against Cheaper Medicines Act In a series of cables, the US embassy admitted the US' government's role in the terrorist listing of...
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- An urban poor group said it is high time for the government to take the peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines seriously and to look into the Comprehensive Agreement on Socio-Economic Reforms...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“It is a proposal for cooperation,” NDFP's Luis Jalandoni said, adding that the proposal is not written on stone and may still be modified. “It is a working draft,” he said.
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Support for the peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) continues to pour in as various sectors of Philippine society including religious formations...
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 Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld In marked contrast to the positive and hopeful outcome of the GPH-NDFP peace talks that resumed in February of this year, an impasse has now indefinitely delayed the holding of the second round of formal talks...
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
By MARYA SALAMAT
Mohagher Iqbal, chairman of MILF peace panel, said a “heaven and earth” gap exists between the GPH proposed peace settlement and the draft compact submitted by the MILF last February.
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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 BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPh) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) have again hit a snag. Accusations as to who is causing the impasse are being hurled from both camps. The sad...
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