NEW People’s Army (NPA) rebels ambushed a town councilor in Negros Oriental on Friday, killing seven people including six policemen, two days after the President cancelled peace talks with the communists.

The Philippine Army’s 79th Infantry Battalion deployed troops to respond to the ambush in Guihulngan, Negros Oriental.

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