THE Philippine government and the communist National Democratic Front (NDF) will hold a fifth round of talks next month, government chief negotiator Silvestre Bello 3rd said on Tuesday.

This comes more than a month after the government cancelled peace negotiations with communist rebels following attacks by the insurgents against government troops in the countryside amid the declaration of martial law in Mindanao.

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