{"id":79458,"date":"2016-08-03T06:58:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T10:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=79458"},"modified":"2016-08-03T06:58:33","modified_gmt":"2016-08-03T10:58:33","slug":"palace-exec-confirms-tiamzon-couple-given-safe-conduct-passes-phl-govt-ndf-peace-talks-oslo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2016\/08\/03\/palace-exec-confirms-tiamzon-couple-given-safe-conduct-passes-phl-govt-ndf-peace-talks-oslo\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace exec confirms Tiamzon couple to be given safe conduct passes for PHL gov\u2019t-NDF peace talks in Oslo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_56824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56824\" style=\"width: 851px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11110442_1033675633327376_1387635719730305631_n.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56824\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11110442_1033675633327376_1387635719730305631_n.png\" alt=\"The Malaca\u00f1ang Palace (Facebook photo)\" width=\"851\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11110442_1033675633327376_1387635719730305631_n.png 851w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11110442_1033675633327376_1387635719730305631_n-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/11110442_1033675633327376_1387635719730305631_n-600x222.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-56824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Malaca\u00f1ang Palace (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 A Palace official on Wednesday said safe conduct passes will be given to some political prisoners when government peace negotiators meet with officials of the National Democratic Front (NDF) on Aug. 20 in Oslo, Norway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA number will be given safe passage,\u201d Presidential Spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether these political prisoners include the Tiamzon couple, Communist Party of the Philippines- New People\u2019s Army (CPP-NPA) Chairman Benito Tiamzon and wife, Wilma, who is the group\u2019s Secretary-General, Abella said affirmative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs far as I know, as of this moment, kasama sila (they are included). I think they will be given safe passes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Government peace negotiators earlier said resumption of the formal peace negotiations with the NDF will be made to address the issues between both parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to lay a more formidable and durable foundation for the peace talks, particularly with regard the mechanics that would govern a nationwide ceasefire and the release of political prisoners,\u201d Panel Chairman and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said.<\/p>\n<p>The peace talks was initially scheduled in the last week of July but was postponed for a few weeks to address technical details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 A Palace official on Wednesday said safe conduct passes will be given to some political prisoners when government &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":56824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[11844,11843],"class_list":["post-79458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-ph-ndf-peace-talks","tag-tiamzon","mauthors-joann-villanueva","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}