Pinoys in Rome throw support behind GRP-NDF peace talks

Filipinos in Rome have thrown their all-out support to the ongoing peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the communist-led National Democratic Front (NDF).
Dalisay Solomon of the Hugpong Pederal Movement personally voiced this support during her meeting with GRP peace panel chair Silvestre Bello III on the sidelines of a peace forum last Sunday.
Bello and negotiators from both parties were in Rome for the third round of the negotiations.
A statement from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) said Bello, during the forum, sought the support of overseas Filipinos in order for the peace process to move smoothly.
"We will succeed if we have you behind us," the statement quoted Bello as telling the forum, which was attended by Rome-based Filipinos.
Solomon, who has been living in Italy for 27 years, said she is happy that the peace talks is moving under the Duterte administration.

In another forum also on Sunday at the Basilica of Sta. Pudenziana, the members of the government and NDF panels also received commitments of support.

The forum discussed among others the issues on land reform and national industrialization.

GRP panel member Rene Sarmiento brushed aside doubts of some Filipino workers if the issues under the socio-economic reform can be addressed, saying, "There are agreed mechanisms to be implemented jointly or separately by the GRP and NDF."

Filipino migrant Jay Miranda vowed to campaign with Filipinos to back the peace process.
"Dapat magkaisa ang mga Filipino," he said, adding he would initiate programs to advocate for the peace process along with the campaign for a federal form of government.
                                                      
"Kailangan suportahan ang peace talks. Si [President Rodrigo] Duterte ang last card dahil siya lang ang may political will," Miranda said. —KBK, GMA News

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PCG: China’s bullying in West Philippine Sea undermines international law --- Ghio Ong - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — Letting China sustain its aggression in the West Philippine Sea would make other countries doubt the strength of international law currently being asserted by the Philippines, Commodore Jay Tarriela of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. “Allowing China to blatantly disregard the established rules-based order threatens the very foundation that we all depend on,” he wrote in a post on X last Tuesday. He added, “If we permit this, countries worldwide may forget why this order was created in the first place. Nations could begin to doubt the significance of adhering to international law if powerful bullies can easily violate it.” Tarriela also said defiance of other countries to a rules-based order would result in the prevalence of cruelty. He wrote, “This could lead us back to a time when might makes right, undermining the global structures that keep human greed, savagery and barbarism in check. Such a scenario would not only invite challenges from aggressive ...
Read more

China ships maintain presence in key West Philippine Sea areas --- Michael Punongbayan - The Philippine Star

STAR / Michael Varcas MANILA, Philippines — While Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) have decreased in number, they have maintained a presence in three key land features where naval and coast guard ships have intensified operations in the past seven days, according to the Philippine Navy. Latest monitoring by the Philippine Navy showed armed ships of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) maintaining a menacing presence around the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, Panatag Shoal and Escoda Shoal. According to the Philippine Navy, there are 17 Chinese military vessels and 28 China Coast Guard (CCG) boats spotted inside the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between Sept. 23 and 30, or one vessel more than in the previous week Sept.17-23. Five of the warships were seen roaming around the vicinity of Escoda Shoal, along with 10 CCG vessels and 12 maritime militia vessels (MMVs). There are also two PLAN ships in Ayungin Shoal as well as 10 CCG boats and 12...
Read more

Social media seen as cause of rising intermarriages --- Helen Flores - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) sees social media as the main reason for the rising number of Filipinos marrying or becoming partners of foreign nationals. In 2022, the CFO recorded 6,854 marriages or partnerships with foreign nationals, a 40.1 percent increase from the 4,891 “intermarriages” recorded in 2021. “First of all, what we see in the increase in the marriage rate of Filipinos or Filipinos with foreign partners is because of social media, (that) is number one; matchings; letters, introduction of their friends,” CFO chairperson Romulo Arugay said at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing yesterday. Arugay said the agency has been registering a high number of intermarriages since 2007, but the figures went down during the COVID-19 pandemic. From over 6,500 Filipinos who married foreign nationals, only 600 are men, he said. Most of them are married to Americans, Japanese, Germans, Canadians and Australians, Arugay said. Arugay warned Fi...
Read more