The National Democratic Front of the Philippines said it will recommend to the New People’s Army to release the three prisoners-of-war in Sultan Kudarat and Surigao del Sur as measure of goodwill in the peace negotiations.
In his speech during the 38th National Convention of the Philippine Association of Water Districts, Duterte said the revolutionary forces should not coerce him as he had already “conceded too much, too soon.”
Human rights group criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for including the military and reviving the Philippine Constabulary on the war on illegal drugs, saying that it would result to more human rights violations.
The government peace panel believes there is still a chance to iron out issues following the decision of the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army’s National Operations Command to terminate its unilateral ceasefire.
The NPA said government troops are operating in more than 500 villages, more than 164 municipalities and 43 provinces in the country.
A junior officer of the 67th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army was killed on Wednesday afternoon in a clash with suspected members of the New People’s Army in Manay, Davao Oriental.
Philippine Senator Alan Peter Cayetano expressed support for the abolition of policies that burden the Overseas Filipino Workers.
The Police Regional Office in Davao region vowed that rogue policemen will be dealt with accordingly.
The Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People’s Army declared on Wednesday morning the termination of its unilateral ceasefire declaration after more than five months.
A provincial secretary of the Department of Tourism in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said their region is not a place for rogue cops.
