Presidential aspirant Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson on Tuesday, Jan. 25 said localized peace talks would be the best way for the government to deal with insurgents. Lacson said this approach, which he first suggested to peace process officials, lets the government deal with those who know the si
(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
Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra says the Office of the President has not received resignation letters from Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello.
President Rodrigo Duterte will fire Aguirre this week, according to sources, as the chief executive was unhappy with the dismissal of raps against alleged drug lords.
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