Nine members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were reportedly killed in a military encounter in Malaybalay, Bukidnon on the early morning of Christmas December 25, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said.
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The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) declared a two-day ceasefire effective Christmas Day and its 55th Anniversary, December 25 and 26, respectively.
A Davao Muslim college student paints the Palestine flag on a fellow student in a solidarity gathering of Muslim and non-Muslim students in Freedom Park on Sunday to call for a ceasefire and justice in Israel’s bombing in Gaza. (Kath Cortez/davaotoday.com)
Church leaders called on both government and the National Democratic Front to “silence their guns” this Christmas season, despite declarations from both sides that there will be no ceasefire in the holidays.
CPP orders the NPA temporarily suspend combat operations, days after the government declared a separate version of their ceasefire