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Duterte orders security forces to shoot armed Reds

November 29, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered on Wednesday government forces to shoot communist rebels who are armed. In a speech in Sual, Pangasinan, Duterte hit the New People’s Army for “almost everyday without fail” burning equipment of business interests, whether local or foreign, if

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Duterte says communist leaders “just want to be comfortable,”

November 29, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday leaders of the communist rebels were not serious in the peace talks as they were just taking their time because they do not have successors and they just want to be comfortable. In a

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Duterte hits Reds for calling him “dictator”

November 28, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday the left called him a “dictator” because the group just wanted to resume the peace talks, which he terminated last week due to attacks by the New People’s Army against government forces. “Those who said dictator…it’s

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Duterte tells Bangsamoro he won’t allow Mindanao “breakage”

November 27, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he will ask Congress for a special session to discuss the proposed measure that will address the “social injustice” committed against the Bangsamoro, including the lumads, in Mindanao. In a speech in a general

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Philippines wants to be viewed by Myanmar as a friendly neighbor

November 27, 2017

The Philippines does not want to antagonize its relationship with Myanmar when it voted “No” on a United Nations’ draft resolution calling on Myanmar authorities to end a military campaign against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque

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Duterte felt “betrayed” by Reds, Roque says

November 27, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte has felt “betrayed” by the communist rebels, his spokesman said on Monday. In a press briefing in Davao City, Roque said Duterte did not order to kill leftist rebels or those perceived to be left-leaning individuals following reports

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Duterte warns Sison he will be arrested if he returns to the country

November 25, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte warned Jose Maria Sison, founding chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) not to return in the country or he will be arrested. “If Joma Sison comes here, I will arrest him or if I

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Palace decries joint statement by 3 UN special rapporteurs on “killings” in Philippines

November 24, 2017

Malacanang denounced on Friday the joint statement issued by the three United Nations special rapporteurs calling for prompt and impartial investigations into alleged increasing number of killings in the government’s anti-drug operations. In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque reiterated the Duterte

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