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Duterte reiterates conditions as opening of PH, NDF peace talks delayed

April 2, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated on Sunday that discussions of the government peace panel with its communist counterpart on a bilateral ceasefire deal should be confined within the four conditions he earlier set as they face each other again in the

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Drug killings shall not affect EU-PH trade, Abella says

April 2, 2017

Malacanang said on Sunday the alleged extrajudicial killings of drug suspects in the Philippines should not affect its trade with the European Union. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella was reacting on the reported warning of EU Ambassador Franz Jessen that the

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Palace belittles NDF “indictment” of Aquino, etal on Kidapawan bloody dispersal

April 2, 2017

Malacanang slammed on Sunday the communist National Democratic Front for ordering the arrest of former President Benigno Aquino III and other government officials for the bloody dispersal of protesting farmers along a highway in Kidapawan City a year ago. In

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Manila studying naming Benham Rise to Philippine Rise

April 1, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Office of the Executive Secretary to find out how the Philippines can assert its rights in Benham Rise. Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said Saturday naming Benham Rise as “Philippine

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NPAs overrun military detachment in Northern Samar

April 1, 2017

Government troops lost more than ten high powered firearms after the New People’s Army (NPA) overrun a military detachment in Northern Samar last Thursday. 1Lt. Cherry Junia, Army’s 8th Infantry Division, public affairs office chief, said the Geparayan CAFGU Active

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“I do not oppress women”: Duterte

March 31, 2017

Duterte made the statement in front of women at the Kalayaan Grounds to celebrate Women’s Month. “I am not a bad boy. When did you see me that I became rude towards women?,” he said in a speech. The president

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(UPDATE) Philippines won’t declare unilateral truce with Reds

March 31, 2017

The Philippine government will not declare a unilateral ceasefire with the communist rebels as it will agree only for a bilateral truce, chief government negotiator Silvestre Bello III said on Friday. With the Duterte administration’s decision, the National Democratic Front

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Palace clarifies Duterte’s assurance to cops isn’t blanket condonation of all criminal acts

Palace clarifies Duterte’s assurance to cops isn’t blanket condonation of all criminal acts

March 31, 2017

Malacanang clarified on Friday that President Rodrigo Duterte’s assurance he would pardon the policemen who would be convicted for killing drug suspects was not a blanket condonation. “Let’s frame it in a different way, okay. His statement cannot, you know,

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