PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte declared an immediate unilateral ceasefire yesterday with New People’s Army guerillas and asked the rebels to do the same to foster a resumption of peace talks. Mr ...

PRESIDENTIAL Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Carlito ... However, Galvez said relocating the talks to the Philippines was being considered for practical reasons, adding consultations ...

The South of the Philippines, where the minority Muslim population is ... the MILF signed a ceasefire agreement with the government in 1997 and entered into peace talks. Negotiations proceeded slowly ...

Rival South China Sea claimants also agreed to continue the implementation of Manila’s resupply missions to a disputed shoal.

Southeast Asia must build stronger maritime governance based on science and international law to protect both regional peace ...

The group manifested deep concern that his silence on the peace talks indicated a “return ... of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines: Archbishop Jose Palma of Cebu and Kidapawan ...

(photo: Gabriel Mistral/Getty Images) The southern Philippines, meanwhile ... president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo agreed in 2001 to peace talks with the MILF. But the violence has not abated.

The talks eventually culminated in the formation ... Mr Marcos thanked Malaysia for its “great contribution” in the peace process in southern Philippines. “We hope that this support that ...