Duterte rageThe President accused the rebels of insincerity, citing CPP’s declaration of a unilateral truce which its own armed wing, NPA, violated. The first would start at midnight of Dec. 24 and end at midnight of Dec. 26. The second would start at midnight of Dec. 31 and end at midnight of Jan. 1. The President, Sison said, “has disdain for the ceasefire” declared by rebels. “But he demands that the NPA ceases fire on days outside of the time frame of the five-day ceasefire,” Sison said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 20, 2018 21:00 UTC