Duterte: Communist insurgency in the Philippines ‘a failed dream’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:29:13 +0000

Duterte: Communist insurgency in the Philippines 'a failed dream'

The 50-year insurgency of the Communist Party of the Philippines is a “failed dream,” President Rodrigo Duterte said Tuesday.

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Sison denies legal orgs as Red fronts

Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 03:14:42 +0000

Exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison assailed the government’s anti-communist witch hunt and denied that militant legal organizations were fronts of the Maoist-inspired insurgents.

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Joma Sison nixes terms of new talks

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 21:38:11 +0000

LUCENA CITY — The government and the communist rebels should not dictate the composition of both negotiating panels in the peace talks, said exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison on Sunday.

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Palace downplays CPP’s threat to prioritize ouster of Duterte

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 06:31:18 +0000

Palace downplays CPP's threat to prioritize ouster of Duterte

Malacañang on Thursday downplayed the threat of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) exiled founding chair Jose Maria Sison that the ouster of President Duterte will remain the communists rebels’ priority this 2019. 

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Lacson to DOJ: Follow up on court case to declare CPP, NPA as terror groups

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2019 03:14:22 +0000

MANILA, Philippines —Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) to follow up on its court petition seeking to declare the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA) as terrorists.

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Most wanted NPA commander in Agusan del Norte falls

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2018 01:10:49 +0000

Most wanted NPA commander in Agusan del Norte falls

The most wanted NPA commander in Agusan del Norte was arrested by Army soldiers and police in a joint operation on Sunday.

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Duterte to Reds: Why listen to Sison? You have not seen the guy

Credit to Author: acerojano| Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2018 10:49:16 +0000

Duterte to Reds: Why listen to Sison? You have not seen the guy

President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday asked communist rebels why they keep on listening to exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison, whom they have not even seen yet.

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Joma: Corrupt AFP execs earn money from 8,000 fake NPA returnees

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:30:10 +0000

Joma: Corrupt AFP execs earn money from 8,000 fake NPA returnees

Exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison scoffed at the purported surrender of more than 8,000 alleged New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and alleged that military officials only earned money from such activity.

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8,000 Reds surrender under localized peace talks — Lorenzana

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 09:26:31 +0000

MANILA, Philippines —More than 8,000 communist rebels have surrendered since the government carried out localized peace talks, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Friday.

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Lorenzana calls Joma Sison an ‘armchair general’

Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 06:35:12 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Friday tagged Jose Maria Sison, the exiled founding chair of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ (CPP) as an “armchair general”

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