Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte has canceled localized peace negotiations with the New People’s Army (NPA) in the wake of President Rodrigo Duterte declaring the communist rebels as terrorists.

The mayor, however, did not dissolve the Davao City Peace Committee (DC-PEACE), which had spearheaded efforts to strike peace with NPA rebels operating in the city.

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