Bulatlat correspondent Raymund Villanueva will provide live updates of the peace negotiations in Oslo, Norway, between the Aquino government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. The negotiations began on Feb. 14 and will end on Feb. 21.
Click here to read the live updates on Day 1 of the talks.
To read Bulatlat.com’s recent and past stories on the peace negotiations, click here.
The timestamp on the entries are Manila time, unless otherwise indicated.
OPAPP secretary Teresita Deles was not seen when the morning session of the GPH-NDFP Peace Talks was about to start, although she was seen having breakfast with Manila government panel members earlier.
Audio Report: Opening Ceremony of GPH-NDFP Peace Talks in Oslo
Listen to the audio report of Kodao Productions and Bulatlat.com correspondent Raymund B. Villanueva on the opening ceremonies of the GPH-NDFP peace negotiations on Feb. 15, 2011, in Oslo, Norway.
Statement by Alan Jazmines on His Arrest: ‘Violation of Jasig and Mockery of the Entire Peace Talks’
“In adding another arrest of a JASIG-holder on the very eve of the resumption of the peace talks, the leadership of the fascist AFP and PNP want to show how easily they can violate all peace agreements and make it appear that the NDFP and the revolutionary forces are weak and have really nothing to leverage on and gain in the peace process.” – ALAN JAZMINES, NDFP Peace Consultant
Satur: AFP Must Keep Out of Peace Talks
Satur Ocampo laments the statements made by the AFP about the peace talks that were mostly disparaging or negative. He says there were designed to sabotage the peace process.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
News in Pictures: In Oslo, GPH and NDF Break a Six-Year Impasse
The government of the Philippines and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines resumed peace negotiations on Feb. 15, 2011, after a six-year impasse. Up in the talks is the second of the four substantive agenda, socio-economic reforms.
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA
This morning’s session is expected to end at one in the afternoon, local time. Lunch follows at the hotel restaurant.
The media were given one minute to shoot videos and take pictures before being asked to leave the conference room. The agreed-upon news blackout is in force.
Ambassador Ture Lundh of the Norwegian Foreign Ministry asked GPH Panel Chair Padilla and NDFP Panel Chair Luis Jalandoni to shake hands before the start of the morning session on the second day of the peace talks here in Oslo.
Second day of talks starts at eleven am, an hour later than originally planned.
If the Peace Talks Were a Soccer Match, I’m Rooting for the NDFP
I support the peace talks because I believe that the armed conflict in the country can only begin to be resolved if the two sides, the two governments of the GPH and the NDFP, sit and talk and come up with solutions to the problems that precisely resulted in the conflict.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Left to Congress: Tackle Land, Wage Issues to Time with Oslo Talks on Socio-Economic Reforms
“The armed conflict is deeply rooted in extreme poverty and social injustice suffered by the Filipino people and should be addressed by concrete measures A just and lasting peace cannot be achieved through abstract and empty peace rhetoric.” – Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
There is a delay at the start of the second day of the talks. Both panels were not ready and were not present at the conference hall at ten o’clock, the scheduled start of the second day of negotiations. Both GPH and the NDFP groups are inside their own secretariat rooms, presumably for more consultations before they start the morning session.
Pictures of the Opening Ceremonies can be viewed here.
Listen to Sali Na, Bayan’s live report of the Oslo Peace Talks here.
GPH and NDFP panels prepare to start Day 2 of their ongoing peace talks in Oslo, Norway. It’s 9:30 in the morning, Norwegian time.
GPH and NDFP Panels are getting ready to start Day Two of their ongoing peace talks in Oslo, Norway!
Welcome to Bulatlat.com’s coverage of Day 2 of the peace talks in Oslo between the Manila government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines. Our correspondent there, Raymund Villanueva, will liveblog the event in a short while.
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