“The Palace wishes to express its deepest condolences to the grieving families and relatives of the six policemen killed in yesterday morning’s ambush in Magsaysay, Guihulngan City in Negros Occidental,” Palace spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a statement. The local police identified the fatalities as Guihulngan City police chief Supt. The Palace official said the wounded policemen would also receive assistance from the government. On Friday, Duterte declared that government forces were ready to fight the communist rebels “for another 50 years.”“Let us stop talking. Let’s start fighting, stop talking,” the President said in a speech in Davao City.

Source: Manila Times July 22, 2017 16:41 UTC