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Maoist rebels announce holiday truce
Business World Philippines
|December 16, 2025
THE Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Monday said that its armed wing would observe a unilateral holiday ceasefire, placing Maoist rebels on a defensive posture amid continuing clashes with government forces in the countryside.
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In a statement, the CPP said units of the New People’s Army (NPA) would refrain from launching offensive operations from Dec. 25 to 26 and again from Dee. 31 to Jan, 1 to mark the Christmas and New Year holidays, as well as the group’s anniversary celebrations. Despite the truce, it said its fighters would remain on “high alert.”
“This temporary ceasefire order is being issued in solidarity with the Filipino people as they conduct simple celebrations of their traditional holidays, amid grave social and economic conditions,” it said.
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