Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform

MANILA — The peace talks between the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has been postponed.

In a letter dated June 2 addressed to GPH peace panel chairman Alexander Padilla, NDFP panel chairman Luis Jalandoni proposed the postponement of talks scheduled this month until such time that the NDFP consultants and other individuals protected by the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (Jasig) are released. ... More

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CIVIL society groups converged in Cagayan de Oro City on Tuesday and expressed their support to the resumption of peace talks between the government and the rebels in Oslo, Norway.

"We are seeking to unite the voice of Mindanao," said Bishop Melzar Labuntog of the Ecumenical Bishops Forum (EBF), adding that church leaders all over Mindanao, as well as their parishioners welcome the resumption of peace talks last February 15 to 21 this year "with enthusiasm and great interest."

The gathering was organized by the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP), which is co-chaired by Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, and Sharon Rose Joy Ruiz-Duremdes of the National Council of Churches of the Philippines. ... More

VARIOUS groups gathered at Gaston Park on Sunday for an interfaith prayer-rally in support of the peace negotiations between the government and the National Democratic Front. It was the day government chief negotiator Alexander Padilla and other members of the peace panel left for Oslo, Norway, for the resumption of the peace negotiations set today until Feb. 21. ... More

(Mark S. Ventura, CBCP News) DAVAO CITY, Sept. 13, 2009–The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP), a network of church aggrupations that promote the peace process as a way of addressing issues of conflict, reforms and social justice will hold a forum on peace talks on September 19. ... More

(Evelyn Macairan, Philippine Star) MANILA, Philippines – The country’s major religious groups yesterday said that they favor the resumption of peace talks between the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) next month. ... More

(Ma. Cecilia Rodriguez, Philippine Daily Inquirer) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Fresh from a solidarity mission for peace in Europe, where they met with leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF), religious leaders from all over the country gathered here Thursday and reiterated their call for the government and the NDF to begin formal peace negotiations. Earlier, the peace mission brought the Church leaders to Utrecht, the Netherlands, where they met CPP leaders Jose Maria Sison and Luis Jalandoni. They also proceeded to Oslo and met with Norwegian officials and their counterparts from the Norwegian Ecumenical Peace Platform. ... More

(Noel Sales Barcelona, CBCP News) MANILA, September 17, 2008-Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) has expressed willingness to help in facilitating the resumption of the pending peace talks between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) but said it cannot serve as mediator. ... More