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(File photo) MANILA - A party-list group composed of former high-ranking officials and members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) is supporting local peace engagement and localized peace initiatives. In a statement issued on Monday, Abante Sentrong Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Bayan (SAMBAYANAN) said the overall strategic direction of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) should be anchored on a clear peace mechanism. The group said the central and core objective of Executive Order 70 in December 2018 that created the NTF-ELCAC institutionalized a whole-of-nation approach in obtaining sustainable peace. Appropriate, responsive, and peace-founded approach mechanisms are important in the success of the entire mission to achieve lasting peace, the group stated. "The strategic direction therefore of our peace approach mechanism is a peace process that is centrally-directed, nationally-coordinated but locall
RECOVERED. Government troops recovered on Saturday (Jan. 22, 2022) war materiel comprised of two M16 rifles, two .38-caliber pistols, two anti-personnel mines, and a plastic containing at least 15 kilograms of shrapnel in Barangay Maalo, Juban, Sorsogon. Maj. John Paul Belleza, 9th Infantry Division (9ID) spokesperson, in a statement on January 25 said soldiers and police personnel were conducting security operations in the said area which led to the discovery of the weapons. (Photo courtesy of 9ID) LEGAZPI CITY - Government troops recovered over the weekend a cache of war materiel comprising two M16 rifles, two .38-caliber pistols, two anti-personnel mines, and a plastic containing at least 15 kilograms of shrapnel in Barangay Maalo, Juban town in Sorsogon province. In a statement on Tuesday, Maj. John Paul Belleza, 9th Infantry Division (9ID) spokesperson, said government troops of the Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) were conducting security operations in th
SURRENDERED. The firearms turned over to the authorities by 21 former rebels in Barangay Tas-tas, Ligao City, Albay when they surrendered in the second week of January. The surrenderers include 10 regular New People's Army (NPA) rebels, six Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad, and five Militia ng Bayan (MB). (Photo courtesy of 9ID) LEGAZPI CITY - A total of 21 rebels have voluntarily surrendered last week and were received by the Philippine Army's 49th Infantry Battalion (49IB) and 902nd Infantry Brigade, along with the Police Regional Office 5 (PRO5) in Barangay Tas-tas, Ligao City, Albay. In a statement on Monday, Maj. John Paul Belleza, 9th Infantry Division (9ID) spokesperson, said the former rebels (FRs) comprised of 10 regular New People's Army (NPA), six Sangay ng Partido sa Lokalidad (SPL) and five Militia ng Bayan (MB) members. "They also turned in one M16 rifle, one shotgun, two calibers .45, one caliber .38 revolver, two rifle grenades, assorted ammunition, and o
MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday warned presidential aspirants that the so-called peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) are bogus. Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy, NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for sectoral concerns, said communist groups have been classified internationally as terrorist organizations, the reason why candidates should not enter into negotiations with them. Badoy made the remark following a television interview over the weekend where Vice President Leni Robredo, Senators Panfilo Lacson and Manny Pacquiao, and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, answered "yes" to the question of whether they would continue the peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF. "It is either Vice President Leni Robredo, Mayor Isko Moreno, Senator Ping Lacson, and Senator Manny Pacquiao have no idea about the true nature of these bogus
MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday warned presidential aspirants that so-called peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) are bogus. Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy, NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for sectoral concerns, reiterated that communist groups have been classified internationally as terrorist organizations, the reason why candidates should not enter into negotiations with them. In a television interview over the weekend, Vice President Leni Robredo, Senators Panfilo Lacson and Manny Pacquiao, and Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, answered "yes" to the question on whether they would continue the peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDF. "It is either Vice President Leni Robredo, Mayor Isko Moreno, Senator Ping Lacson, and Senator Manny Pacquiao have no idea about the true nature of these bogus peace talks and are thus ig