Return of Anti-Subversion Act defended, assailed

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 21:20:23 +0000

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MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año wants to revive the antisubversion law, saying it would effectively end the 50-year communist insurgency by cutting off the funds that come from legal organizations allegedly being used as fronts by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP). “It can’t be […]

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Año cites EO to support police presence in schools

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 23:22:56 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Interior Secretary Eduardo Año in a statement on Sunday cited an executive order that he said could be invoked to increase police visibility in schools “infiltrated” by communist rebels.

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Duterte: Tit for tat vs Reds who tortured Negros cops

Credit to Author: racosta| Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 22:10:20 +0000

Short of waging a revenge campaign against communist rebels in Negros, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered government forces to return in kind the alleged atrocities committed by the New People’s Army (NPA) on the island, where 21 people have been killed during the last two weeks of July.

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Tit for tat: Give NPA rebels what they deserve, Duterte tells military

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:35:35 +0000

Tit for tat: Give NPA rebels what they deserve, Duterte tells military

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered the military to give the communist rebels what they deserve as he accused them of being behind the spate of killings in Negros Oriental. Speaking at the Mindanao-wide distribution of land certificates to agrarian reform beneficiaries in Davao City, Duterte blamed the New People’s Army for […]

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Duterte hikes ante for communist rebel surrenderers

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2019 21:24:33 +0000

Duterte hikes ante for communist rebel surrenderers

President Rodrigo Duterte hiked the ante for surrendered communist rebels and promised more benefits to those who were already given houses.

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Duterte calls on task force vs insurgency to ‘work doubly hard’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 12:54:53 +0000

President Duterte has urged the government task force on communism to “work doubly hard” to end the decades-long insurgency in the Philippines.

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Senator-elect Go ‘positive’ on peace talks revival

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 07:21:42 +0000

Senator-elect Go ‘positive’ on peace talks revival

Senator-elect Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has expressed optimism that the stalled peace talks between the communist rebels and the government could still resume.

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Duterte taunts NPA: You’re doomed

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:33:42 +0000

President Duterte taunted anew communist rebels, saying they were doomed because they no longer have food and was losing the race for land reform to the government.

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Duterte has ‘small window’ for peace talk with communist rebels — Panelo

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sun, 12 May 2019 07:11:08 +0000

With reservations, President Rodrigo Duterte has a “small window” for peace talks with communist rebels, presidential spokesperson

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AFP to intensify info drive vs alleged communist fronts

Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:04:15 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The military on Monday vowed to step up its information drive against groups identified as fronts for the communist movement. In a statement, Maj. Gen. Antonio Parlade, deputy chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, admitted that the military “needs to work some more” to inform the public about […]

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