The National Democratic Front-Eastern Visayas today remarked that the Oct. 20 Leyte Landing commemoration does not do justice to the Filipino guerrillas of World War II and instead gives undue importance to the return of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and US imperialism. “The big politicians like Gloria Arroyo and others in the region give only token…
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Formula for Failure
There is nothing new in the so-called policy shift in dealing with Moro rebels of “disarmament, demobilization and rehabilitation” (DDR) recently announced by de facto President Gloria Arroyo. It is simply a rehash of the old, discredited and failed policy of “surrender before we talk” that has been the mark of this deceitful and arrogant…
Start Peace by Resuming Talks, Implementing Rights Pact – Local Rights Groups to Malacañang
The resumption of peace talks and the implementation of a human rights accord signed by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines would help lay down the basis for peace, a human rights group in the Cordillera stated. The Cordillera Human Rights Alliance (CHRA) said that…
NDF Slams Ermita’s Appointment as Head of Rights Team in UN
“What business does a notorious human rights violator, the chief butcher of Arroyo, have speaking on human rights and to the UNHRC no less?” said Fidel Agcaoili, head of the Human Rights Monitoring Committee of the NDFP, in reaction to the appointment of Eduardo Ermita as head of the government delegation to the United Human…