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The designation of ranking members of the Communist Party of the Philippines as terrorists was based on a United Nations Security Council resolution in  identifying terrorist organizations.

NPA allegedly kill 4 Negros Oriental civilians –Philippine Army By JOAHNA LEI CASILAO, GMA News Published May 15, 2021 7:22pm Four civilians were allegedly killed by members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Friday, according to the Philippine Army. According to a Saturday statement, the military identified the fatalities s Ronelo Quirante, Roger Fat, Rodrigo Lubay, and Celerina Lubay. “The four were suspected by th...

Calbayog City police intel chief asked court for lawyers info on his own —Eleazar By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published March 15, 2021 2:28pm Philippine National Police officer-in-charge Police Lieutenant General Guillermo Eleazar on Monday, March 15, 2021, said the Calbayog City Police intelligence unit chief acted on his own when he wrote to the court asking for the names of lawyers of some personalities linked to suspected communists. The Calbayog City Police intelligence unit chief ...

Published March 13, 2021 9:24am The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) on Saturday said the letter of the Calbayog Police asking a trial court to furnish them with the names of  lawyers representing “communist terrorist group personalities” is "improper, deplorable, and alarming." "We are acting on the March 12, 2021 letter to the Clerk of Court of the Regional Trial Court, Calbayog City that went viral, and we are assured by top PNP Officials that there is no directive to PLt Fer...

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana has described as "realistic" President Rodrigo Duterte's goal to end local armed conflict before his term ends in 2022.

AFP says reds behind 141 landmine incidents since 2010 Published March 4, 2021 6:38pm Marines inspect one of several landmines recovered during clearing operations at a suspected New Peoples Army camp in the mountains of Sitio Lomoton, Brgy. Hinalaan Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat on May 13, 2017. Mark Navales The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday said that Communist groups have been behind 141 incidents of use, stockpiling, transporting, and production of anti-personnel or la...

AFP chief seeks cooperation with rights bodies over NPA abuses By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published January 17, 2021 8:39pm Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Gilbert Gapay directed military units to enhance their coordination with human rights bodies to flag abuses committed by the communist New Peoples Army. "Let us endeavor to raise all violations of human rights and international humanitarian law to legitimate organizations that are mandated to protect and promo...

By ERWIN COLCOL, GMA News Published January 11, 2021 1:31pm There is no need to amend the party-list system under the 1987 Constitution to address the claim that some party-list organizations are supporting communist rebels, as this issue can be simply taken up with the Commission on Elections (Comelec). House Committee on Constitutional Amendments chair Alfredo Garbin Jr. made the remark on Monday after President Rodrigo Duterte supposedly wanted an amendment to the party-list system in...

Published January 8, 2021 5:31pm There are other ways to remove party-list groups with alleged links to the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, New People’s Army (NPA) instead of amending the 1987 Constitution, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Friday. Lacson said taking the charter change route “might be too big a bite to take,” . . . “if indeed true that the President’s reason for reviving efforts to amend the charter is to abolish the party-list system, or...

Published December 27, 2020 8:04am Supporters of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New Peoples Army are shown in this photo holding a protest action on Mendiola Bridge in Manila on Monday, April 24, 2017. The CPP on Sat., Dec. 27, 2020 rejected the decision of the Anti-Terrorism Council to call the organization a terrorist group. Danny Pata/File photo The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Saturday rejected the decision of the Anti-Terrorism Council (ATC) to designate t...