CAMARINES NORTE – The Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) together with Provincial Local Government Units (PLGU) in Camarines Norte is conducting a one week turn-over activities of completed PAMANA projects in the province. These are the road projects in the municipalities of Mercedes, Basud, Labo and Santa Elena, including a Bridge in Caayunan, Basud.
NOORDWIJK AAN ZEE – The panels of the government and the National Democratic Front on Wednesday sealed an agreement on an interim joint ceasefire leading to a comprehensive settlement of the 48-year insurgency.
Both parties also moved fast to conclude provisions on a draft Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER) meant to address the root causes of the armed conflict.
The ceasefire takes effect as soon as the guidelines and ground rules are approved.
The guidelines will govern such areas as the presence of armed groups in local communities; creation of buffer zones; prohibited, hostile and provocative acts including the collection of revolutionary taxes; and undertaking of joint socio-economic projects.
Also contemplated in the agreement is the formation of a Joint Ceasefire Committee and the prospective role of a third party in ceasefire monitoring and other ceasefire mechanisms in the implementation of the ceasefire, including the handling of complaints and alleged violations.
“Matters regarding a single government authority and taxation shall be discussed and resolved in forging the Comprehensive Agreement on Political and Constitutional Reforms within the framework of the proposed Federal Republic of the Philippines.”
“The Joint Ceasefire Agreement shall be deemed interim until a permanent ceasefire agreement is forged pursuant to a Comprehensive Agreement on End of Hostilities and Disposition of Forces,” the agreement further provided.
The agreement was hammered out following marathon informal conversations among the panel members.
Signing for the GRP are Chairperson Silvestre Bello III, Panel members Mr. Hernani Braganza, Atty. Angela Trinidad-Librado, Atty. Rene Sarmiento, and Atty. Antonio Arellano
Signing for the NDF are Chairperson Mr. Fidel Agcaoili, Panel members Mr. Benito Tiamzon, Ms. Coni Ledesma, Ms. Julieta de Lima, and Mr. Asterio Palima.
Signing as observers are Presidential Peace Adviser Sec. Jesus G. Dureza, and NDF chief political consultant along with Panel adviser Eduardo Pamintuan, and Mr. Luis Jalandoni.
(Photo by Joey Fornier)
Agreement on Interim Joint Ceasefire signed on 5 April 2017 in Netherlands by Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process on Scribd
Opening statement of Secretary Jesus G. Dureza on the Fourth Round of Peace Talks
3 April 2017 | Radisson Blue Palace Hotel, Noordijk, The Netherlands
(Greetings and thanks to the Norwegian host, the CPP/NPA/NDF, the government panel, guests, media and participants.)
It is the wish of President Duterte to achieve a lasting, sustainable and principled peace.
Today we witness history. The talks with the CPP/NPA/NDF panel has never gone this far before. In this 4th round of peace talks, we shall tackle the heart and soul of the peace process, the Comprehensive Agreement on Social and Economic Reforms (CASER).
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The Government of the Philippines and National Democratic Front (NDF) will once again embark on a peaceful negotiation towards the end of armed conflict in the country. The fourth round of peace talks between the GRP Peace Panel and NDF will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 2-6 April 2017.
Among the substantive agenda that will be discussed are the Comprehensive Agreement on Socio-economic Reforms (CASER), and the bilateral ceasefire.
Witness the Fourth Round of GRP-NDF Peace Talks live from Amsterdam! Follow @PEACEGOVPH on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for live updates.
Opening Statement of Secretary Silvestre H. Bello III, Chairman, GRP Panel for Peace Negotiations with the CPP/NPA/NDF, on the occasion of the Fourth Round of Talks between the GRP and NDF
3 April 2017 | Radisson Blue Palace Hotel, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Together with the Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Jesus G. Dureza, and my Panel members, I earnestly welcome this Fourth Round of Peace Talks with extraordinary hope despite the challenges before our peace process.
Our discussion in the following days may prove to be difficult and exacting given the diversity of the positions taken by the Parties on the issues at hand. But we will not waiver from the task we embraced when we decided to restore in August last year the peace talks from its five-year impasse. We shall not fall into indifference that beset the past negotiations.
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Government peace panels in talks with the CPP/NPA/NDF met and talked with the Filipinos based in Netherlands on 3 April 2017. The Filipinos community also vowed to support the peace process by volunteering to be a peace ambassador.
NOORDWIJK – Officials of the embassy of Norway warmly welcomed here delegates of the government and representatives of the CPP-NPA-NDF for the fourth round of talks set to start today meant to address the root causes of the armed conflict.
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I am pleased to announce that the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Communist Party of the Philippines/ New People’s Army/National Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF) which broke down weeks ago, are now back on track again.
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