President Rodrigo Duterte says that he will have to consult the military and the police if it is already “safe for them” to declare a ceasefire with the the Communist Party of the Philippines.
The last National Democratic Front of the Philippines consultant was released Friday afternoon, August 19, the third from Mindanao to join the peace talks with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines.
The Communist Party of the Philippines and the National Operational Command of the New People’s Army issued a unilateral declaration of a seven-day ceasefire that will take effect starting Sunday, August 21.
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Southern Mindanao Region today ordered for the release of two captive police officials in Davao Region as a goodwill measure for the resumption of the formal peace talks set on August 22.
City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is seven weeks pregnant with triplets.