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Self-exiled Philippine communist leader Sison dies at 83
Reuters, Published on 17/12/2022
» MANILA: Philippine communist leader Jose Maria Sison died on Friday night at the age of 83 after a two-week confinement in a hospital in the Netherlands, his party said on Saturday.
Dirty tricks mar last days of Philippine election campaign
AFP, Published on 06/05/2022
» MANILA: Philippine election rivals traded allegations of dirty tricks and vote-rigging Friday, in the final stretch of an acerbic campaign that is tipped to bring the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos to power.
Philippine torture victim relives horror as dictator's son rises
AFP, Published on 23/02/2022
» Ferdinand Marcos Junior's quest for the Philippine presidency has Loretta Rosales recoiling in horror remembering the nightmare she went through standing up to his late father's brutal rule.
Duterte ponders his legacy
Asia focus, Published on 25/02/2019
» On May 13, Filipinos will head to the polls for midterm elections that many see as a referendum on the performance of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Philippine Maoist rebels reject preconditions for peace talks
Reuters, Published on 05/04/2018
» MANILA: Philippine Communist guerrillas are willing to resume peace talks with the government after President Rodrigo Duterte revived the idea but reject any preconditions, their leader said on Thursday.
Philippines' Duterte wants to resume talks with Maoist rebels
Reuters, Published on 04/04/2018
» MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday asked his cabinet to work on a ceasefire with Maoist rebels in order to resume peace negotiations, four months after he called off talks and vowed to crush the insurgents.
Duterte ditches peace process with Maoist rebels
Reuters, Published on 24/11/2017
» MANILA: Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has terminated the on-again, off-again peace talks with Maoist-led rebels as hostilities have continued despite the negotiations, the president's spokesman said on Friday.
Manila asks US to take communist leader off terror list
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2017
» MANILA - The Philippines wants US President Donald Trump to remove the exiled leader of Philippine communists from a US terrorist list to enable him to come home for peace talks, government negotiators said on Wednesday.
Manila, Communists on 'highway to peace'
Published on 26/08/2016
» OSLO: The Philippine government and Communist guerrillas have signed an indefinite ceasefire deal to facilitate peace talks aimed at ending one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies.
Philippines' Duterte withdraws communist ceasefire
AFP, Published on 30/07/2016
» MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday withdrew a unilateral ceasefire with communist rebels after his ultimatum for the group to reciprocate lapsed.