Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Jesus Dureza said that it is important to set mechanisms to prevent skirmishes, to identify the party who will intervene, and to find out how such incident occurred under a ceasefire
After 34 days in captivity, three police officials and a non uniformed personnel were released by the New People's Army on Saturday afternoon, August 27, in a village in Barangay Mat-i here.
After the declaration of ceasefire with the National Democratic Front, the Armed Forces' Eastern Mindanao Command (EMC) announced that they planned to advance the Peace and Development Outreach Program PDOP in communities here.
The New People’s Army slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines for maintaining their presence in areas believed to be stronghold of the communist rebels.
The Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Operational Command of the New People’s Army (NPA) has reciprocated the indefinite ceasefire issued by President Rodrigo Duterte with a declaration of an interim ceasefire to all commands and units of the NPA and people’s militias on Sunday, August 28.