MANILA, Philippines — The first part of the four-day unilateral ceasefire of the New People’s Army (NPA) began on Thursday, Christmas Day, but the Philippine Army said military operations in a bid to quash the world’s longest Maoist insurgency will go on. The central committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Thursday said the Christmas truce will run from 00:00 hours of Dec. 25 to 23:59 hours of Dec. 26. NPA will also observe the second two-day ceasefire from 00:00 hours of Dec. 31 until 23:59 hours of Jan. 1, 2026. Aside from the commemoration of the […]... Keep on reading: Reds’ unilateral ceasefire begins, but Army says ops continue vs NPA