Kuala Lumpur, Apr. 24 – The 27th formal exploratory talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) began with high hopes as both parties identified preliminary decision points on principles that will serve as a framework for the eventual signing of a peace agreement. Read the rest of this entry »

The government’s troop, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday said that the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army’s (CPP-NPA) strength has waned after the rebel movement’s heyday in the 1980s. The APF said the CPP-NPA’s numbers have dropped from 24,430 to less than 5,000 fighters in the past two decades. Read the rest of this entry »

CAMP RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – A ten wheeler truck owned by DOLE Stanfilco was damaged Monday by alleged members of communist-New People’s Army (NPA) at the vicinity of Block 9, Sanguenza Quarry, Sitio Kabalawan, Barangay Anajao Da-an, in Tago town, Surigao del Sur, reported regional police spokesman Supt. Martin M. Gamba, on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

RONALD Llamas, the controversial political adviser of President Benigno Aquino III, on Friday said the Democratic Left was gaining influence in the government with its push for peaceful reforms while the Communist extremists were becoming irrelevant with their call for armed revolution. Read the rest of this entry »

Double talk. Bayan Muna president Satur Ocampo accuses President Benigno Aquino of endangering the peace talks.

A LEFTIST leader accused President Benigno Aquino III on Sunday of “hallucinating” on the whereabouts, ideology and political plans of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison and said the “double-talk” would damage the peace process. Read the rest of this entry »

THE communist New People’s Army (NPA) remains active in Nueva Ecija and Aurora even as these provinces had long been declared insurgency-free. Read the rest of this entry »

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines has declared the province of Ilocos Norte insurgency-free, bringing to 25 the total number of provinces that the military claimed were completely freed from the influence of the communist New People’s Army (NPA). Read the rest of this entry »

The Moro Islamic Liberation Front cannot anymore engage the government in armed combat because of massive defection, Chairman Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

THE military said the communist organization in the country is stepping up its political rhetoric and venturing into the open political battlefield. Read the rest of this entry »