Duterte to CPP: explain attack in Davao del Norte

President Rodrigo Duterte warned the Communist Party of the Philippines that he will end the unilateral ceasefire if they will not give an explanation on the reported attack of the New People’s Army that resulted to the death of a Cafgu Active Auxiliary and the wounding of four others.

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10th Infantry Division spokesperson Capt. Rhyan Batchar (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)

Army suspends offensives vs NPA, but

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that they already stopped their military operations against the New People’s Army (NPA) but “will continue to support law enforcement in communities” following the declaration of President Rodrigo Duterte of a unilateral ceasefire with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

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Mothers from different barangays in Davao City attend the nutrition fair organized by the National Nutrition Council Region 11 to avail free health services. The nutrition fair held at the SM Ecoland on

Mothers hope for more accessible health care

Almost a hundred mothers and young children attended the nutrition fair organized by the National Nutrition Council in a mall here on Wednesday, July 27 in the bid of mothers to get free vaccination for their infants.

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GUN SALUTE. Members of the New People’s Army offer a gun salute while singing the Internationale Wednesday during the closing of the 44th anniversary celebration of the re-establishment of the Communist Party of the Philippines somewhere in Compostela Valley province. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Ka Oris: NPA on active defense mode  

The National Operational Command of the New People’s Army has ordered all units and commands of the NPA to stay in “active defense mode” as it welcomes the declaration of the unilateral ceasefire by President Rodrigo Duterte during his State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 25.

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Militant groups meet with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for a dialogue after delivering his first State of the Nation Address at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on July 25, 2016. KING RODRIGUEZ/PPD

Activists, Duterte talk about Lumad issue in post-Sona meeting

Leaders of progressive groups from Mindanao said they talked with President Rodrigo Duterte about the agenda of the Lumads in Mindanao in a meeting the President called for them after he gave his first State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 25.

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