Military and trade deals are currently in the works after a Russian delegation led by Security Council of the Russian Federation Sec. Nikolai Patrushev met with their Philippine counterparts in Davao City.
A peace advocate group is urging President Rodrigo Duterte to talk with government peace negotiators.
“There was no NPA attack last February 15 against an AFP-escorted relief operations in Barangay Linunggaman, San Francisco, Surigao del Norte,” the CPP said in a statement Friday.
National Antiv-Poverty Commission Lead Convenor Liza Maza said Duterte’s interest to meet with them means: “He is intent on hearing our views, he is open to hearing us out.”
Senior Superintendent Armando de Leon, Compostela Valley Police provincial director, said operations have netted eight arrests on the first days of the campaign, saying the each municipality have incidents concerning illegal gambling.