THE government on Saturday cancelled peace talks with communist rebels, citing their continuing offensives amid President Rodrigo Duterte’s declaration of martial law in Mindanao.

In a news conference, Presidential Peace Adviser Jesus Dureza announced that the government would no longer join the fifth round of peace negotiations with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) this week.

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