PANOORIN | Umiiral na unilateral ceasefire, tiniyak ni CPP Founder Joma Sison na susundin ng NPA

There were no ceasefire violations by the New People’s Army (NPA) in the reported armed encounters on 23 December 2019 in Bicol and Iloilo with soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and a special operations unit of the Philippine National Police (PNP), respectively

Solidarity activists in support of the Filipino people’s struggle for national and social liberation filled the conference hall came from various countries, including the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Canada, Turkey and Pakistan.

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As an activist youth in 1968 onwards, I tried to understand Marxism, Leninism and Mao Tse Tung Thought in an on-and-off company of Luis Jalandoni and other comrades

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday night ordered a “unilateral and reciprocal ceasefire” after the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) directed all fighting forces of its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), to stand down once the government declared a truce for the holiday season

"The reciprocal unilateral ceasefires are a measure of goodwill and confidence-building to foster the environment for the resumption of the peace negotiations

Combatants from both parties and the Filipino people were assured of the holiday truce after President Duterte reciprocated the pronouncement made by the CPP earlier today, December 22