Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on November 23 signed a proclamation to formally terminate talks with the country's armed groups, ending hope for stopping half-a-century conflict via dialogue.
One civilian and six policemen, including a town police chief, were killed and three other police were injured in ambushes believed to be staged by the New People’s Army (NPA) militant group in southern Philippines, the country’s military said on July 21.
Philippine army troops clashed with around 40 rebels from the New People's Army (NPA) in the southern Philippine province of Compostela Valley on July 12, killing eight rebels and a soldier.
The Philippine government announced that it will not participate in the fifth round of peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), which is scheduled to be held in the Netherlands later this month.
The Philippine Government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines on April 2 resumed peace talks in Oslo, Norway, but failed to reach any deal with both sides warning of violence to come.
The leftist National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) said on March 31 that it willing to discuss a formal ceasefire proposed by the government in upcoming talks scheduled to take place in Noordwijk of the Netherlands from April 2-6.
The Philippine government and the leftist National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) will resume peace negotiations next month, the talks mediator Norway announced on March 21.
