LAST week we saw a glimmer of hope when we learned that the government team and its communist counterpart meeting in Oslo, Norway, in the presence of officials of the Norwegian government—the third party facilitator—have agreed on an open-ended ceasefire. Two days ago, on Monday, there was another sign for us to feel more hopeful.

Returning from the Oslo talks, presidential peace adviser Jesus Dureza said the European Union has removed the name of Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the leader of the National Democratic Front (NDF), from its list of terrorists while continuing to consider the CPP and NPA as terrorist organizations.

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