The August 2016 formal peace talks in Oslo will become the path to just peace

I, and the revolutionary forces around me, agree and support the content of the GRP-NDFP Joint Statement signed in Oslo last August 2016.
The GRP-NDFP Joint Statement signed by both panels last August 26, 2016 expresses the desire to provide a resolution to the root cause of the civil war that has lasted for almost five decades.

Unilateral Declaration of Interim Ceasefire

This unilateral declaration of interim ceasefire shall take effect today and will remain valid during the course of peace negotiations until superceded by a ceasefire agreement to be issued jointly by the NDFP with the GRP within the next 60 days or until a notice of termination of this ceasefire declaration takes effect 10 days after receipt of said notice by the GRP Negotiating Panel from the NDFP Negotiating Panel.

NPA turns over POWs to Sen. Pacquiao in Davao Oriental

The New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao Regional Operations Command yesterday released from its custody Prisoners of War Arnold S. Ongachen and Michael B. Grande and turned them over to Sen. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao and other peace advocates in Brgy. Kalapagan, Lupon, Davao Oriental. Pursuant to the Release Order issued by the National Democratic Front […]

JOINT STATEMENT ON THE RESUMPTION OF THE FORMAL TALKS IN THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE GRP AND NDFP

We, the Negotiating Panels of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) successfully resumed the formal talks in the peace negotiations from 22 to 26 August 2016 in Oslo, Norway facilitated by the Royal Norwegian Government (RNG), thereby ending almost half a decade of impasse in the formal talks in the peace negotiations.

Next round of talks crucial, needed reforms on the agenda

“The joint statement that you are about to sign is unprecedented and a step toward just and lasting peace,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende, opening the closing ceremonies of the five-day peace talks.