PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said either death or surrender can revive the peace talks between the government and the communist rebels. The Chief Executive said that the time was still not ripe for the resumption of the peace talks. Alongside with the mass surrenders is also the ferocity of those fighting,” Duterte said. Duterte “formally terminated” the peace talks with the communist rebels last November after signing Proclamation 360. Duterte countered that he would order his soldiers to kill five NPA rebels for every soldier killed.

Source: Manila Times March 01, 2018 03:33 UTC