PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has quashed hopes that the government will resume negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA), saying the peace effort is dead.

"It's dead on its [tracks] - it is in still waters," Duterte said in his interview with religious leader Apollo Quiboloy aired on SMNI channel on Tuesday.

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