Joma Sison

The Communist Party of the Philippines announced that its founding chairperson Jose Maria Sison died Friday night after a two-week confinement in the ...

The National Democratic Front of the Philippines, which represents the CPP and NPA at peace talks, was designated a terrorist group in 2021. He was also chairperson emeritus of the International League of People's Struggles. After peace talks with the administration of then President Corazon Aquino failed in 1987, Sison fled to Europe in self-exile, where he remained until his death.

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Ma. “Joma” Sison died Friday night, Dec. 16. He was 83. Jose Ma. Sison (File photo courtesy ...

The entire Communist Party of the Philippines gives the highest possible tribute to its founding chairman, great Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thinker, patriot, internationalist, and revolutionary leader,” CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said in a statement posted on the Philippine Revolutionary Web Central (PRWC), the official website of the CPP, on Saturday morning, Dec. In 2019, former President Rodrigo Duterte announced the “permanent” termination of the dialogues with the communist groups. However, a Manila court dismissed the petition in 2021. “The Filipino proletariat and toiling people grieve the death of their teacher and guiding light. Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Ma. Sison, who had been in self-exile in The Netherlands, perished around 8:40 p.m.

Joma Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, has died at the age of 83.

"I am with the people. "You are many things to many people and your inimitable legacy and venerable place in history and in the peoples' struggle are embedded in our minds and hearts," Olalia said in a statement. The communist leader passed away at 8:40 p.m.

Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairperson Jose Maria Sison passed away at the age of 83, according to the Communist Party of the ...

MANILA, Philippines – Jose Maria Canlas “Joma” Sison, founder and ex-chairperson of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), passed away on December 16 ...

[February 2017](https://www.rappler.com/nation/160132-communist-rebels-end-ceasefire-peace-talks/), following continued clashes with the military. Duterte said that “peace with the communists He had considered returning to the Philippines in 1998 to sign a peace treaty on condition that all political prisoners would be released, but the deal fell through. [number one drug addict](https://www.rappler.com/nation/177192-joma-sison-duterte-top-drug-addict/)” and “ [number one terrorist in the Philippines](https://www.rappler.com/nation/189386-duterte-top-terrorist-philippines-joma-sison/).” He was recognized as a political refugee in the Netherlands in 1992. After his application was rejected, he applied two more times in 1991 and 1997, and was again rejected. Marcos from November 1977 to March 1986, when he was freed by the Corazon Aquino administration, not long after the overthrow of the dictator. [might not come in this generation](https://www.rappler.com/nation/160498-duterte-scraps-peace-talks-communists/).” He also repeatedly challenged Sison, who had been living in the Netherlands, to [come home](https://www.rappler.com/nation/176943-duterte-joma-sison-come-home-fight/). He was 83. [ several high-ranking officials](https://r3.rappler.com/newsbreak/iq/143498-political-prisoners-ndf-consultants-peace-talks) were also released from prison to participate in the talks, including [Benito and Wilma Tiamzon](https://www.rappler.com/nation/143680-top-npa-leaders-first-overseas-trip-oslo-peace-talks/), who were [first arrested in March 2014](http://www.rappler.com/nation/53633-communist-tiamzon-couple-nabbed-cebu). He embarked on a lecture tour in Asia and Europe soon after. [founded](https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/ninoy-aquino-organizer-cpp-npa-mnlf/#:~:text=claim%20is%20false.-,The%20founder%20of%20the%20CPP%2DNPA%20is%20Jose%20Maria%20Sison,-%2C%20while%20the%20founder) the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the CPP that aims to consolidate political power and assist the “people’s democratic revolution.”

Balbuena added that the entire CPP will give the highest possible tribute to its founding chairman, "great Marxist-Leninist-Maoist thinker, patriot, ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has yet to issue a statement. Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), has passed away, his party said on Saturday. The initial information was based on the email account of CPP chief information officer Marco Balbuena.

Philippine communist leader Jose Maria Sison died on Friday night at the age of 83 after a two-week confinement in a hospital in the Netherlands, his party ...

(1240 GMT) on Friday after being confined in the hospital in Utrecht. The party said Sison died peacefully at around 8:40 p.m. The conflict between the NPA and the Philippine government has killed more than 40,000 people.

The Communist Party of the Philippines founding leader Jose Maria "Joma" Sison departs at 83, after two weeks of hospital confinement.

[Georgina Wilson draws flak for "culturally insensitive" photos on Instagram](https://www.pep.ph/news/67645/georgina-wilson-draws-flak-for-culturally-insensitive-photos-on-instagram?ref=article_read_also) [Ara Mina: "I'm not a communist sympathizer!" ](https://www.pep.ph/news/12456/ara-mina-i39m-not-a-communist-sympathizer?ref=article_read_also) [Ninoy Aquino](https://www.pep.ph/news/kuwentong-kakaiba/165426/ninoy-aquino-php500-bill-a4888-20220504?ref=article_read_also), and their opposition to Ferdinand Marcos. [MOVIE REVIEW: The Guerilla is a Poet: A lyrical commentary on Jose Maria Sison's memory](https://www.pep.ph/guide/movies/12583/movie-review-the-guerilla-is-a-poet-a-lyrical-commentary-on-jose-maria-sison39s-memory?ref=article_read_also) Sison](https://www.pep.ph/guide/movies/12583/movie-review-the-guerilla-is-a-poet-a-lyrical-commentary-on-jose-maria-sison39s-memory?ref=article_read_also), simply Joma Sison, has passed away at the age of 83. [Utrecht, Netherlands](https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/travel), Sison died at around 8:40 p.m.

With the death of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison, the “greatest stumbling block of peace is gone,” the ...

Sison was responsible for the deaths of thousands of our countrymen. “A new era without Jose Maria Sison dawns for the Philippines, and we will all be the better for it. Innocent civilians, soldiers, police, child and youth combatants died because of his bidding,” the department said.

The death of exiled communist leader Jose Maria Sison marks the end of the “greatest stumbling block to peace” in the country, the...

“The death of Jose Maria Sison is but a symbol of the crumbling hierarchy of the CPP-NPA-NDF, which he founded to violently put himself in power,” the DND added in a statement, referring to the Communist Party of the Philippines, its armed wing the New People’s Army (NPA) and its political arm the National Democratic Front (NDF). The DND added that Sison’s death is symbolic of the “crumbling hierarchy” of the Philippine communist movement. MANILA, Philippines — The death of exiled communist leader Jose Maria Sison marks the end of the “greatest stumbling block to peace” in the country, the Department of National Defense (DND) said Saturday.

(UPDATE) JOSE Maria Sison, founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), has passed away after being confined for two weeks in a hospital in the ...

However, the relationship soured in 2017 when Duterte branded Sison and the CPP-NPA-NDF as a terrorist organization. Since 1987, he had been living in the city of Utrecht in the Netherlands. The current CPP is currently designated as a terrorist group by the government of the United States, along with the NPA. The point always was to change it." I take great comfort at the thought that he saw the start of the end of his evil empire and he saw it crumbling via the NTF-Elcac and that we cut him to size and sent him to his grave," she wrote on Facebook. "A new era without Jose Maria Sison dawns for the Philippines, and we will all be better for it.

"A new era without Jose Maria Sison dawns for the Philippines, and we will all be the better for it," the defense department said.

"A new era without Jose Maria Sison dawns for the Philippines, and we will all be the better for it. The New People's Army has been in clashes with government since 1969, in what rebels say is a "people's war" against factors like foreign meddling, feudal land relations and the elites' use of the law for profit that has kept many Filipinos poor. The CPP has said these efforts do not address the root causes of the decades-old conflict.

Two decades ago, the world seemed to close in on the exiled chief of the Communist Party of the Philippines, who was then declared a terrorist by the ...

“The difference now is they have more firearms, but what was preponderant in 1979 was the widening and deepening of the mass base for extensive and intensive guerrilla warfare.” But the hawks managed to “sabotage” this, Sison says. “Time will come…walang pinagkaiba ang MILF sa CPP (the MILF will be no different from the CPP) even in seeking separation. They said the period of mass work was over and it was time to focus on military action).” “I have talked to the best available lawyer here and they say extradition can overpower all prohibitions against expulsion.” The US apparently intends to use Sison’s statements against American troops in the Philippines as one of the bases for a case against him. Tiglao has said he’d want to sit down with Tiamzon and wife Wilma, also a veteran in the communist underground. In the middle of October 2002, the conservative Dutch coalition government that declared him a terrorist collapsed. They surmise that by cornering him with a terror tag, the NDF will be forced to return to the negotiating table. From the time he set foot as an exile here in 1987, Europe and the rest of the world have changed. “In the US slow death, sa (in the ) Pilipinas sudden death. Pending a verdict, “I shall have to borrow the money for personal necessities, rent, and insurance from friends.” We are republishing the story from that interview – where he spoke about the terrorist tag on him, the prospects of peace, and where the world was headed.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, whose armed wing has been waging one of Asia's ...

Sison, in a Facebook post in September 2019, denied the accusations against him, saying it was a “fake plot” and that authorities had collected bones from cemeteries to frame him and the others. A bloody internal purge left hundreds dead, further weakening the rebels whose numbers have dwindled from a peak of around 25,000. A mass grave discovered by soldiers in Inopacan town on Leyte Island in 2006 supposedly contained skeletal remains of rebels killed by their colleagues on suspicion they were informants of the military. It said his death “deprived the Filipino people of the opportunity to bring this fugitive to justice under country’s laws.” Its armed wing, the New People’s Army, was established months later in March 1969, numbering only about 60 Maoist fighters armed with nine automatic rifles and 26 single-shot rifles and pistols. The cause of death was not disclosed.

Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, whose armed wing has been waging one of Asia's longest-running insurgencies, ...

Sison, in a Facebook post in September 2019, denied the accusations against him, saying it was a “fake plot” and that authorities had collected bones from cemeteries to frame him and the others. A bloody internal purge left hundreds dead, further weakening the rebels whose numbers have dwindled from a peak of around 25,000. A mass grave discovered by soldiers in Inopacan town on Leyte Island in 2006 supposedly contained skeletal remains of rebels killed by their colleagues on suspicion they were informants of the military. It said his death “deprived the Filipino people of the opportunity to bring this fugitive to justice under country’s laws.” Its armed wing, the New People’s Army, was established months later in March 1969, numbering only about 60 Maoist fighters armed with nine automatic rifles and 26 single-shot rifles and pistols. The cause of death was not disclosed.