President Rodrigo Duterte has called on New People’s Army (NPA) rebels to lay down their arms and take on jobs.

The President made the call in connection with the initiative of his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, to hold localized peace talks with the National Democratic Front (NDF)—the umbrella group of all communist organizations in the country—in Davao City.

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