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By Luis G. Jalandoni
Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel
15 February 2011

State Secretary Espen Barth Eide, Deputy Director General Tomas Stangeland, Ambassadors Ture Lundh and Knut Solem, and other members
of the Royal Norwegian Government facilitation team, Fredrik Steen, Lisa Golden, Aina Holm and Ida Marstein.

COMMUNISTS ALL SET TO MEET GOV’T REPS TO TALK PEACE-SISON

By Delfin T. Mallari Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
10 January 2011

LUCENA CITY—The leadership of the communist insurgents is all set to face the representatives of the government for the new round of peace negotiation to end the more than four-decade-old rebellion in the country, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines declared Monday.

SISON DEFENDS ‘REVOLUTIONARY TAXES’

By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez
INQUIRER.net
30 December 2010

MANILA, Philippines—The founding leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) stood firm that the rebel group will continue collecting revolutionary taxes from big businesses in the country, an issue that government negotiators intend to raise when peace negotiations resume in February.

POVERTY BREEDS NEW GENERATION OF NPA

By Jim Gomez
Associated Press
GMA News
27 December 2010

MOUNT DIWATA, Philippines — Too poor to afford school beyond fourth grade in the southern Philippines, 19-year-old Johnny Buyo walked away from home six months ago to join the communist rebellion — one of Asia’s longest-running. He was handed a rusty M16 rifle, which he vowed to keep for life.

PROSPECTS OF PEACE TALKS WITH MANILA ‘LOOKING BRIGHT’, SAYS RED LEADER

By Tonyo Cruz
Asian Correspondent
19 December 2010

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chair Jose Maria Sison today declared that prospects are looking bright for talks between the CPP-led National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) and the Aquino government.

GOV’T, NDF AGREE TO 18-DAY CEASEFIRE; PEACE TALKS SET IN FEBRUARY 2011

By RG Cruz
Published on ABS-CBN News
Latest Philippine Headlines
3 December 2010

MANILA, Philippines - (UPDATE) The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process announced a ceasefire with communist rebels from December 16 to January 3.

FM. ROMUALDEZ: RESUME TALKS WITH NDF

By Ryan Ponce Pacpaco
27 October 2010

House Assistant Minority Leader and Leyte (1st District) Rep. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez yesterday backed the proposal for the government to resume peace talks with National Democratic Front (NDF). This, he said, will end the decades-long communist insurgency that has been preventing growth in the countryside.