The New People's Army is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It acts as the CPP's principal organization,aiming to consolidate political power from what it sees as the present "bourgeois reactionary puppet government" and to aid in the "people's democratic revolution". Founded on March 29,1969,by the collaboration of Jose Maria Sison and former members of the Hukbalahap led by Bernabe Buscayno,the NPA has since waged a guerrilla war based on the Maoist strategy of protracted people's war. The NPA is one of the key figures in the ongoing communist rebellion in the Philippines,the longest ongoing conflict in the country.
The Communist Party of the Philippines is a far-left,Marxist–Leninist–Maoist revolutionary organization and communist party in the Philippines,formed by Jose Maria Sison on 26 December 1968. It is designated as a terrorist group by the United States Department of State together with Sison and its armed wing New People's Army (NPA) in 2002. The European Union renewed its terrorist designation on the organization in 2019,though a 2009 ruling by the EU's second highest court delisted Sison as a "person supporting terrorism" and reversed a decision by member governments to freeze assets. According to the US' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) World Factbook,the CPP and the NPA aims to destabilize the Philippines' economy and overthrow the national government.
Rodrigo Roa Duterte,also known as Digong,Rody,and by the initials DU30 and PRRD,is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino,the ruling political party in the Philippines during his presidency. Duterte is the first president of the Philippines to be from Mindanao,and is the oldest person to assume office,beginning his term at age 71.
The New People's Army rebellion is an ongoing conflict between the government of the Philippines and the New People's Army (NPA),the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist–Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It is the world's longest ongoing communist insurgency and the largest,most prominent communist armed conflict in the Philippines,with more than 43,000 insurgency-related fatalities between 1969 and 2008. Due to the involvement of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP),the legal wing of the CPP,in the conflict,it is also called the CPP–NPA–NDF conflict,or simply the C/N/N conflict,especially in the context of peace talks with the Philippine government.
The presidency of Benigno Aquino III began on June 30,2010,when he became the 15th president of the Philippines,succeeding Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. His term ended on June 30,2016. Aquino,the third-youngest person elected president,is the only son of the 11th president,Corazon Aquino,and former senator Benigno Aquino Jr.
The political positions of Rodrigo Duterte,the 16th President of the Philippines,have been difficult to define coherently into what some analysts have attempted to package as "Dutertism" or "Dutertismo" due to numerous policy shifts during his presidency.
The Manila Economic and Cultural Office is the representative office of the Philippines in Taiwan,functioning as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations. It is a non-stock,non-profit corporation organized under Philippine law.
The presidential transition of Rodrigo Duterte started when then-Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidential election on May 9,2016. Duterte topped the official count by the Congress of the Philippines on May 27,2016,with 16,601,997 votes,6.6 million more than his closest rival. The joint bicameral Congress proclaimed Duterte as the President-elect and Leni Robredo as the Vice President-elect on May 30,2016.
Rodrigo Duterte's six-year tenure as the 16th President of the Philippines began on June 30,2016,succeeding Benigno Aquino III. He was the first president from Mindanao,the first president to have worked in all three branches of government,and the oldest to be elected. He won the election amid growing frustration with post-EDSA governance that favored elites over ordinary Filipinos. His tenure ended on June 30,2022.
Jose Callangan Calida is a Filipino lawyer. He previously served as Undersecretary of Justice under the Arroyo administration,as executive director of the Dangerous Drugs Board,as Solicitor General of the Philippines under the Duterte administration,and as the Chairman of Commission on Audit (COA) under the administration of President Bongbong Marcos.
Benito Tiamzon was a Filipino political organizer and until his arrest in March 2014 by Philippine security forces,was believed to be the Chairman of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing,the New People's Army (NPA).
Wilma Tiamzon was a Filipino political organizer and until her arrest in March 2014 by Philippine security forces,believed to be the Secretary-General of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing,the New People's Army (NPA).
The Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace,Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU),formerly Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process is a government agency which handles peace talks and negotiations related to internal conflict and rebellion in the Philippines most notably the CPP-NPA-NDF and Moro conflicts.
Menardo Ilasco Guevarra is a Filipino lawyer serving as Solicitor General of the Philippines since 2022 under President Bongbong Marcos. He previously served as the Secretary of Justice under President Rodrigo Duterte and as a commissioner of the Philippine Competition Commission under President Benigno Aquino III. Before joining the government,he was involved in private litigation practice as a founding partner of the Medialdea Ata Bello Guevarra &Suarez law firm since 1990. He was also an active faculty member at his alma mater Ateneo de Manila University,where he graduated in 1974.
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is a task force organized by the government of the Philippines in 2018 as part of its "Whole-of-Nation approach" to respond to and raise awareness about ongoing communist armed conflicts in the Philippines,after the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte formally terminated peace talks between the Philippine government and the New People's Army in November 2017.
The presidential transition of Bongbong Marcos started when former senator Bongbong Marcos won the Philippine presidential election on May 9,2022. Marcos topped the official count by the Congress of the Philippines with 31,629,783 votes. The joint bicameral Congress proclaimed Marcos as the president-elect and Sara Duterte as the vice president-elect on May 25,2022. The transition lasted until the day of the president-elect's inauguration on June 30,2022.
The first 100 days of Rodrigo Duterte's presidency began on June 30,2016,the day Rodrigo Duterte was inaugurated as the 16th president of the Philippines. The concept of the first 100 days of a presidential term was first adopted in the Philippines by President Corazon Aquino from the United States and has since been used as a gauge of presidential success and activism,and is a considered the "honeymoon period" where traditional critics are urged to refrain from detracting the new president. The 100th day of his presidency ended at noon on October 8,2016.
Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil is a Filipino lawyer and former journalist who serves as the Chairperson and Resident Representative of Manila Economic and Cultural Office. She previously served as the Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office until replaced by Acting Secretary Cesar Chavez.
