Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 21:40:57 +0000
The Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Benjamin Madrigal Jr., urged other local governments to follow the example of Sibagat town in Agusan del Sur, which formally condemned the communist rebels.
The post AFP chief of staff to LGUs: Declare Reds persona non grata appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read more
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.
The post Duterte: I did not order Andal to do back channel talks appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read more
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.
The post MTRCB exec says Duterte tapped him for back channel talks with Joma appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read more
Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 04:59:51 +0000
Some students of the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Laguna are being forced to join the New People’s Army (NPA), rebel surrenderees said on Monday.
The post UP, PUP students being forced to join NPA, says ex-rebels appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read more
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.
The post DILG: More than 1,000 Red surrenderees given financial aid appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read more
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.
The post DILG: More than 1,000 Red surrenderees given financial aid appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read more
Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 21:34:49 +0000
A group of journalists found itself the subject of Red-tagging even before the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) was subjected to profiling by the Philippine National Police as part of state efforts to defeat communist rebels.
The post NUJP: Red-tagging of journalists ‘idiotic,’ puts them in danger appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read more
Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 02:30:14 +0000
Exiled top communist leader Jose Maria Sison said the military’s new timeline to crush the Maoist-inspired insurgents in the next three years was bound to fail.
The post CPP: 3-year deadline to crush local Maoist-insurgents will fail appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:25:48 +0000
Police profiling of members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) is part of a government witch hunt, both the Philippine National Police and the teachers’ group said on Tuesday. PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde said police efforts to identify ACT members on the faculty of schools were part of the campaign to end the […]
The post PNP, ACT agree profiling part of gov’t witch hunt appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read more
Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:38:40 +0000
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday admitted that it was impossible to end the communist insurgency this year despite plans by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. “We cannot do it (end insurgency) this year because that is a big problem,” Lorenzana said on the sidelines of Tuesday’s joint Department of National Defense-AFP new year’s […]
The post ‘We can’t end insurgency this year’ appeared first on Inquirer News.
Read more