“They (communists) issued a directive that said they should heighten or enhance the attack against the PNP and the Armed Forces,” AFP Spokesperson Restituto Padilla said in a Palace briefing. Padilla said this won’t affect the peace talks of the government with the NPA’s political arm National Democratic Front. But he said a ceasefire would be better while the peace talks are ongoing. “But it would have been more desirable to have the silencing of the guns when the peace talk is ongoing. JPVREAD: Gov’t-NDF stalled peace talks resume in August

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 05, 2017 05:59 UTC