President Rodrigo Duterte released a statement through Presidential Peace Adviser Sec. Jesus Dureza ordering the immediate lifting of the unilateral ceasefire against the Communist Party of the Philippines.
President Rodrigo Duterte said that he will insist on the exclusion of the partylist system when the Constitutional reforms commence.
President Rodrigo Duterte has set another deadline for the Communist Party of the Philippines, this time to reciprocate the unilateral ceasefire he declared during his first State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 25.
President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated that he will not pull out military troops from the rural communities even with his declaration of a unilateral ceasefire.
Erring employees in the city will be facing a crackdown as City Mayor Sara Duterte ordered the city administrator to file charges against those who commit an offense in performing their duties.
The New People’s Army said the Army has “twisted” the facts it presented to President Rodrigo Duterte and claimed that it was the government troops who violated the unilateral ceasefire declared by the President.
The Army’s 10th Infantry Division announced that their military camps are not yet prepared to be used as rehabilitation facilities for those drug-related personnel.
Two unidentified men riding in tandem threw a grenade on the vehicle of a local village official in Calinan district here on Thursday afternoon, July 28. The grenade exploded injuring three bystanders and two village officials.
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.
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).
