NICKEL MINE ATTACK PERILS PEACE TALKS
| Wednesday, 05 October 2011 00:19 | |
By Christine O. Avendaño, Inquirer Mindanao, Philippine Daily Inquirer  The attacks on three mining firms in Surigao del Norte, the largest staged by the New People’s Army (NPA) so far under the Aquino administration, will hamper peace negotiations with the communist rebels, officials yesterday said.Teresita Deles, presidential adviser on the peace process, said the attacks underscored the difficulty of negotiating with the rebels without a ceasefire.  |
