MANILA- The Department of the Interior and Local Government ordered the Philippine National Police Friday to be on full alert status after communist rebels terminated their unilateral truce as the c
oronavirus crisis persists.
"Government forces should be 100 percent focused to humanitarian efforts at this time and yet we now have to face the violence of these communist terrorists,” he said in a statement. The communist party had ordered the ceasefire to reciprocate government's ceasefire order as it focused on COVID-19 response but it ended the ceasefire on April 15, citing attacks from rebels. The CPP extended its truce until the end of the Luzon lockdown on April 30.
"To the LGUs, be one step ahead. Ipaalam at ipaabot niyo sa inyong constituents ang mga ginagawa at tulong ng lokal at nasyunal na pamahalaan. Nang sa gayun ay hindi masulsulan ng mga komunista ang mga tao," he said.
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