DEATH and surrender are the only two options under which peace negotiations with communist rebels can be revived, according to President Rodrigo Duterte. They’re killing the soldiers and policemen, so my order is also to kill them.”“What else can I do? The President said the time is still not ripe for the resumption of the peace talks. Alongside with the mass surrenders is also the ferocity of those fighting,” Duterte noted. Duterte then replied that he will order his soldiers to kill five NPA rebels for every soldier killed.

Source: Manila Times March 01, 2018 15:56 UTC