Joma hits Duterte postponement of peace talks

“Duterte and Dureza want nothing but the immediate capitulation of the revolutionary movement under the guise of an indefinite ceasefire and killing the GRP-NDFP peace negotiations,” he told ABS-CBN News

It’s OK for Duterte to insist I visit home—Joma

“It is most reasonable that the June 28 resumption of formal peace talks proceed in Oslo. The agreements to be signed under the general title of interim peace agreement are

Stand-down deal with Reds delayed, Joma says

The stand-down agreement precludes government forces and the rebels from committing "any offensive action or operation against combatants and civilians." Both sides will also "stay where they are" and "take

GRP-NDFP’s week-long ‘stand down’ agreement to start June 21

Sison said the thrice-cancelled fifth round of formal talks shall push through on June 28 to 30, contrary to GRP President Rodrigo Duterte’s latest statement that the negotiations would resume

Gov’t, NDFP to resume formal peace talks on June 28 in Oslo

Suspended by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte in May last year after he was enraged by heightened offensives by the NDFP’s military arm New People’s Army (NPA), the resumption of the

The intransigence of Joma Sison

His detractors today deliberately understate Sison’s incarceration as if this was a sacrifice and punishment he deserved to endure as a communist ideologue. They would appear inconsistent and lose credibility

Joma says NDFP will follow stand down agreement if signed

“The stand down agreement creates a favorable atmosphere for the resumption of the formal peace negotiations and the interim peace agreement to be signed in Oslo, hopefully on June 28,”

Joma: Peace talks with government likely to resume in late June in Oslo, Norway

Sison made the response as his reaction to news reports that President Duterte is eyeing July as the possible month for the resumption of peace talks between the Government of

Joma, solons hit back at ceasefire cynics

During their back-channel talks in the Netherlands, negotiators from the government and the communist-led National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) agreed that military and rebel forces would stand down