THE New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), declared on Friday an eight-day unilateral ceasefire following President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for a truce for the Christmas holiday.

In a statement posted on the communist group’s website, NPA spokesman Jorge “Ka Oris” Madlos said all NPA units would observe a ceasefire from 6 p.m. on December 23 (Saturday) to 6 p.m. on December 26 (Tuesday), and from 6 p.m. on December 30 (Saturday) to 6 p.m. on January 2, 2018 (Tuesday).

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