CPP-NPA declares 2-day holiday ceasefire

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<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Communist rebels celebrate the 49th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/12/19/20171231-carlos-dominguez-dof-2.jpg' ><figcaption>Communist rebels celebrate the 49th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines.<em> Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The New People's Army will observe a two-day ceasefire to mark the 55th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines on December 26th.</p><p>The ceasefire will start past midnight of December 25 and end at 11:59 p.m. on December 26.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/28/23/govt-ndfp-agree-to-resume-peace-talks'>Gov't, communist rebels agree to resume peace talks</a></li></ul><p>"The two-day ceasefire aims to allow the peasant masses and NPA units in their area to conduct assemblies, meetings or gatherings to celebrate the Party's anniversary, look back at past achievements, and pay tribute to all heroes and martyrs of the Philippine revolution," the CPP and NPA said in a statement.</p><p>"This ceasefire declaration is also in solidarity with people's traditional holiday celebrations," they also said.</p><p>Although the NPA will not carry out offensives during the ceasefire, it said it will "act in self-defense to counter and frustrate any hostile movement or actions of enemy units within the scope of the NPA's guerrilla fronts and areas of operations." </p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/29/23/galvez-new-peace-talks-aim-to-create-fresh-framework-agreementhttps://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/29/23/galvez-new-peace-talks-aim-to-create-fresh-framework-agreement'>Galvez: 'New peace talks' shall move forward with fresh framework agreement</a></li></ul><p>The government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in November announced they are preparing to return to talks towards "a principled and peaceful resolution of the armed conflict."</p><p>Despite the agreement to prepare for peace talks, both sides of the decades-old conflict have said their operations will continue.</p><p>"While there is no final peace framework, the Philippine Army would still continue its efforts to sustain the gains in Internal Security Operations by dismantling the weakened guerrilla fronts and neutralizing the remaining armed groups," the Army said in November.</p><p>The CPP-NPA announcement of a ceasefire comes days after a <a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/17/23/clash-kills-philippine-soldier-6-rebels-ahead-of-talks-army'>clash in Balayan</a>, Batangas, where the military said 6 rebels and an Army soldier were killed.</p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2887665' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>"The two-day ceasefire aims to allow the peasant masses and NPA units in their area to conduct assemblies, meetings or gatherings to celebrate the Party's anniversary, look back at past achievements, and pay tribute to all heroes and martyrs of the Philippine revolution," the CPP and NPA said in a statement.</p><p>"This ceasefire declaration is also in solidarity with people's traditional holiday celebrations," they also said.</p><p>Although the NPA will not carry out offensives during the ceasefire, it said it will "act in self-defense to counter and frustrate any hostile movement or actions of enemy units within the scope of the NPA's guerrilla fronts and areas of operations." </p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/29/23/galvez-new-peace-talks-aim-to-create-fresh-framework-agreementhttps://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/29/23/galvez-new-peace-talks-aim-to-create-fresh-framework-agreement'>Galvez: 'New peace talks' shall move forward with fresh framework agreement</a></li></ul><p>The government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines in November announced they are preparing to return to talks towards "a principled and peaceful resolution of the armed conflict."</p><p>Despite the agreement to prepare for peace talks, both sides of the decades-old conflict have said their operations will continue.</p><p>"While there is no final peace framework, the Philippine Army would still continue its efforts to sustain the gains in Internal Security Operations by dismantling the weakened guerrilla fronts and neutralizing the remaining armed groups," the Army said in November.</p><p>The CPP-NPA announcement of a ceasefire comes days after a <a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/17/23/clash-kills-philippine-soldier-6-rebels-ahead-of-talks-army'>clash in Balayan</a>, Batangas, where the military said 6 rebels and an Army soldier were killed.</p><figure class='op-interactive'><iframe allow='autoplay; fullscreen' frameborder='0' height='100%' id='ivsplayer01' scrolling='no' src='https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&spid=3001339&vid=2887665' width='100%'></iframe></figure><div class='iwantbar'>Watch more News on <a href='https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news' target='_blank'>iWantTFC</a></div>

<p>The ceasefire will start past midnight of December 25 and end at 11:59 p.m. on December 26.</p><ul class='op-related-articles'>	<li><a href='https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/28/23/govt-ndfp-agree-to-resume-peace-talks'>Gov't, communist rebels agree to resume peace talks</a></li></ul>

<div class='embed-wrap'><figure data-feedback='fb:likes,fb:comments'><img alt='Communist rebels celebrate the 49th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines. Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News' src='https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/12/19/20171231-carlos-dominguez-dof-2.jpg' ><figcaption>Communist rebels celebrate the 49th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines.<em> Mark Saludes, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The New People's Army will observe a two-day ceasefire to mark the 55th anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines on December 26th.</p>

The New People's Army will hold a two-day ceasefire as th Communist Part of the Philippines celebrates its 55th anniversary. 

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CPP-NPA declares 2-day holiday ceasefire

CPP-NPA declares 2-day holiday ceasefire