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Dureza wants to retain gov’t truce despite Reds withdrawal
THE Duterte administration respects the decision of the New People Army’s to withdraw its unilateral ceasefire with the government, Presidential Adviser on Peace Process Jesus Dureza said on Wednesday. “We respect their decision,” Dureza said in a statement, in reaction to NPA’s move to cancel its truce with the government.
Interview: Early vote in Italy more likely, after constitutional court revises electoral law
An early vote in Italy would be more likely, after the country’s constitutional court revised parts of the electoral law earlier this week, an Italian political analyst said. “The constitutional court has largely acknowledged the legitimacy of so-called “Italicum” electoral system, which applies to the lower house,” Sergio Fabbrini, director of the School of Government at LUISS University in Rome, told Xinhua in a recent interview.
Rebel slain in Army-NPA clash in Makilala
A member of the New People’s Army was killed in a clash with government troops in a remote village in Makilala, North Cotabato over the weekend. The January 21 clash came on the same day the government and National Democratic Front peace panels signed in Rome, Italy the Supplemental Guidelines for the Joint Monitoring Committee which shall “additionally guide the work” of the Joint Monitoring Committee in its task of “monitoring the implementation of, and achieving, the objectives of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law.”
Lines now clearly drawn on joint truce agreement
By Rocky Nazareno The bursts of applause in Saturday’s signing of another milestone agreement between the Philippine Government and the National Democratic Front more or less showed the sentiment of both sides regarding the forging of a joint ceasefire agreement in the third round of peace talks in Rome, Italy. a Negotiating panels from the GRP and NDF sign the supplemental agreement on Joint Monitoring Committee on the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect of Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law as negotiations move towards other substantive agenda.
3 quakes shake Italy, isolating towns blanketed under snow
Three strong earthquakes shook central Italy in the space of an hour Wednesday, striking the same region that suffered a series of deadly quakes last year and further isolating towns that have been buried under more than a meter of snow for days. The first tremor, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3, hit Montereale at about 10:25 a.m. , according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Rescuers search for 30 after avalanche hits Italian hotel
Rescue workers on skis reached a four-star spa hotel buried by an avalanche in earthquake-stricken central Italy Thursday, reporting no signs of life as they searched for around 30 people believed trapped inside. Three bodies were recovered as heavy vehicles struggled to get to the scene.
30 missing in central Italy avalanche that buries hotel
Rescue workers were met with an eerie silence Thursday when they reached a four-star spa hotel struck by an avalanche in a mountainous earthquake-stricken region of central Italy. At least 30 people were missing, including at least two children, authorities said.
Lorenzo Bocchini was jailed at Southwark Crown Court
A gay former professional rugby player who took up a leading role in a Breaking Bad-style “chem sex” drug operation has been jailed for six years Lorenzo Bocchini, 36, was arrested in July after police raided an “Aladdin’s cave” flat rented through AirBnB and discovered more than A 180,000 worth of cash and Class A drugs including cocaine, MDMA and crystal meth. His brother Alessandro Bocchini, 45, and Alessandro’s wife Justine Bocchini, 33, are both already in prison for supplying drugs commonly used in homosexual sex parties to heighten pleasure, Southwark Crown Court in London heard.
Berlin attack victims included Israeli, Pole and Italian
Twelve people were killed and dozens were injured Monday when a truck smashed into a Berlin Christmas market. German authorities have described it as a terror attack most likely perpetrated by a Tunisian with ties to Islamic extremists.