A suspected leader of the New Peoples Army who allegedly masterminded the ambush of an election convoy in Compostella Valley that killed five people including a poll watcher dead falls in the hands of the AFP. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Arnulfo Marcelo Burgos said in a press conference that Renelo Creita alias Kumander Jaguar was arrested Saturday night at a checkpoint in Sto. Tomas town in Davao del Norte province. “Among... 

Months ago, the government has already announced that there will be peace talks between the communist rebels and the government in order to end on of Asia’s longest communist rebellions. However, this plan is put on hold because of the demand of the rebels to drop warrant arrest for two guerillas in hiding. On Saturday, the scheduled meeting in Norway is supposed to restart the peace talks that collapsed in 2004 after...