Updated @ 1:34 a.m. , Dec. 23, 2018MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday ordered the military to “destroy” the New People’s Army (NPA) as he refused to reciprocate the holiday ceasefire declaration of the rebels. Si — magyabang tayo minsan — si five star lang,” Duterte said in a speech before soldiers at Camp Manuel Y. Tan in Compostela Valley. The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has declared a five-day holiday ceasefire but Malacañang said the government would not declare any ceasefire. “Law and order means you have to destroy — not really fight, but destroy the Communist Party of the Philippines, including its legal fronts and infrastructure,” Duterte said. He again told the troops not to mind human rights groups critical of his administration.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 22, 2018 10:17 UTC