{"id":89283,"date":"2017-02-13T18:48:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T23:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=89283"},"modified":"2017-02-13T18:48:01","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T23:48:01","slug":"afp-open-to-localized-peace-talks-with-npa-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/02\/13\/afp-open-to-localized-peace-talks-with-npa-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"AFP open to localized peace talks with NPA groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_89284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89284\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14212598_651828494976715_6838668409760201429_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-89284\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14212598_651828494976715_6838668409760201429_n.jpg\" alt=\"While reflective of the dissent within the New People's Army (NPA) ranks, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is open to pursuing localized peace talks with rebels. (Photo:  Armed Forces of the Philippines\/Facebook)\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14212598_651828494976715_6838668409760201429_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14212598_651828494976715_6838668409760201429_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/14212598_651828494976715_6838668409760201429_n-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While reflective of the dissent within the New People&#8217;s Army (NPA) ranks, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is open to pursuing localized peace talks with rebels. (Photo:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArmedForcesofthePhilippineRepublic\/photos\/p.651828494976715\/651828494976715\/?type=1&amp;opaqueCursor=AboR_XkRa_dsVkZQk-0hjJ694uMZK6kinz1_Bo-pK1SoynroxzEf5t4m-VNL0kaCH1_2HhmuBZjkcwE8CDSGmFLqWb09Qf6iBBxNvv3gREQ6dXvVzBGtganSU55tYOP_oaK5QP30mQMA52V_hFVtvidfQtfG1Q0ItcJXYoyzBG70HQUIvV_7MCYnTuTO1l20xILw0c2wmFenFUJKP-0HmmQ13pkbE4O2hYagEJLAM_OIAZkh7l02QSJrcJpOHTe2PjxwHoS7Iu-wzE9NxnOcvTV1ti3Tl-z5X4UkfN9FY2fwiJPiT6F_5oHavY9inj2KgHzGsKqDGiZfYtpuuCP6lXb5Yf-0VTfThrXgRfP5KkIj40ocuFhrWzFzSdvzJirl4wOQSVXxtjEOVdGSN2-Ac2Hi&amp;theater\">Armed Forces of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA\u2014While reflective of the dissent within the New People&#8217;s Army (NPA) ranks, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is open to pursuing localized peace talks with rebels.<\/p>\n<p>This was stressed by AFP public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo &#8216;s press briefing in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Request for such negotiations came from NPA groups operating in the Visayas and Masbate, he added.<\/p>\n<p>These groups are reportedly surprised at the decision of their national leadership to terminate the unilateral ceasefire with the government effective 11:59 p.m. of Feb. 10.<\/p>\n<p>And while the military is open to such negotiations, Arevalo said a mechanism must be first crafted so that common ground rules between the two parties can be set-up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u2014While reflective of the dissent within the New People&#8217;s Army (NPA) ranks, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":89284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,1481,1145,16],"tags":[3244,3592],"class_list":["post-89283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-comm","category-headline","category-news","tag-armed-forces-of-the-philippines","tag-new-peoples-army","mauthors-priam-f-nepomuceno","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89283","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=89283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}