Topic: Philippines

Julie and I convey our most heartfelt condolences to the Columban Sisters and Family of Sister Mary Radcliffe. As missionary, she served the Filipino people well, including political prisoners like us during the Marcos dictatorship. She worked with Task Force Detainees, Contak (for international solidarity) and the urban and rural missionaries. Long live her memory and good works! May these inspire future generations to emulate her example!

Images of Communist Party of the Philippines founder Joma Sison’s life in exile in Urecht, The Netherlands

PRRD has repeated so many times the threat to kill me that sometimes I surmise that the expression ¨kill¨ has actually become a term of endearment, as in some American comedies

From this working-class neighborhood by the Old Rhine river, thousands of kilometers away from home, Sison leads a revolutionary movement he began nearly half a century ago when he established the Communist Party of the Philippines

Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison recounts how he ended up in the Netherlands, where he is seeking asylum as a political refugee.

Communist Party of the Philippines founder Jose Maria Sison says he is ready to return home once there is substantial progress in the peace negotiations. #ANCEarlyEdition #ANCRecap

Marx developed the theory of proletarian revolution on the high road of the development of civilization. He drew from the most advanced sources of knowledge of his time in order to formulate the three component parts of Marxism: materialist philosophy, political economy and social science

President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday rejected the suggestion of his daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte to reconsider peace negotiations with communist rebels

In response, I declare that I will certainly return home when a significant advance in the peace negotiations has been achieved within the framework of The Hague Joint Declaration and when my comrades and lawyers are satisfied with legal and security precautions.

The agreement will be a big advancement in the negotiations, which will also prove the government’s sincerity, Sison told ANC’s Early Edition