Truce a farce? Joma lacks Christmas spirit–Palace
THE government cut short its unilateral ceasefire with the communist rebels Thursday after they called the move “a farce.” Presidential ...
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Arrest Joma if he comes home–Rody
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte threatened to have his former professor, exiled Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison, arrested ...
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Joma warns of revolt if Rody goes after left
Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Thursday warned that more people would take up arms against ...
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NDF consultant arrested in Davao City
A consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF) has been arrested by police and military operatives of Task Force Davao. ...
Read moreDuterte to gov’t peace panel: “Fold your tents and come home!”
The peace process between government and communist rebels fell on Saturday after President Rodrigo Duterte announced that he was scrapping the ongoing peacetalks ...
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Keeping the guns silent
THE indefinite ceasefire announced during the resumption of peace talks in Oslo last week between the government and communist rebels ...
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