Palace to Joma Sison on peace talks: It is time to rejoin society

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:42:23 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — “It is time to rejoin society.” Malacañang said this after exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison described as an “insult” President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer to revive the stalled peace talks between the government and communist rebels. “Instead of welcoming the President’s softening of his hardline stance […]

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Joma slams Duterte’s ‘insulting’ offer to revive peace talks

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:31:02 +0000

LUCENA CITY – Instead of welcoming President Duterte’s  offer to reopen the stalled peace talks, exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison sees it as an insult to the revolutionary movement.

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Latest peace talks flip-flops: Duterte says no more negotiations with Reds

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:21:14 +0000

In his latest series of flip-flops about the peace talks, President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he would never talk to the communists.

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Duterte: Reds ‘affected with mass insanity’ for believing ‘rotten ideology’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 11:31:21 +0000

Duterte: Reds 'affected with mass insanity' for believing ‘rotten ideology’

President Rodrigo Duterte ridiculed the communist rebels, saying they are “affected with mass insanity” for believing a “rotten ideology.”

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Duterte push for BOL to widen conflict in Mindanao – Sison

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 23:23:02 +0000

LUCENA CITY — Exiled Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison on Sunday said President Rodrigo Duterte was setting the stage for a bigger conflict in Mindanao by vigorously campaigning for ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL). Malacañang countered that Sison was talking about a local issue that he knew nothing about. […]

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Joma: Release of POWs not part of peace talks

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 05:16:33 +0000

LUCENA CITY, Philippines – The impending release of 15 captured government forces by the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Northeastern Mindanao is in no way related to the resumption of the stalled peace negotiation, exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison said in an online interview on Friday.

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Duterte: I did not order Andal to do back channel talks

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:18:17 +0000

President Rodrigo Duterte denied Tuesday he ordered MTRCB official Avelino Andal to carry out back channel talks with communist leaders.

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MTRCB exec says Duterte tapped him for back channel talks with Joma

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:44:55 +0000

President Duterte has ordered a former Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) chief to do back channel talks with communist leader Joma Sison.

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DILG: More than 1,000 Red surrenderees given financial aid

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 05:11:09 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — More than a thousand rebel surrenderees have received financial assistance from the government, as members of the communist movement also continue to record a “sharp decline,” the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Friday.

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DILG: More than 1,000 Red surrenderees given financial aid

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2019 05:11:09 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — More than a thousand rebel surrenderees have received financial assistance from the government, as members of the communist movement also continue to record a “sharp decline,” the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) said on Friday.

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