LAPSES ON THE SAID LIFT CEASEFIRE WITH CPP-NPA PLACE TROOPS ON HIGH ALERT

the immediate lifting of the unilateral ceasefire against the communist rebels.

“I am ordering all security forces to be on high alert and continue to discharge their normal functions and mandate to neutralize all threats to national security, protect the citizenry, enforce the laws, and maintain peace in the land,” he said in a statement, said by president Duterte.

But the Chief Executive announced the lifting of the unilateral ceasefire that he ordered after the 5 p.m. Saturday ultimatum he gave lapsed without reciprocation from the communist rebels.

Duterte on Friday gave the CPP-NDF an ultimatum to also declare a truce after a rebel attack on militiamen on Wednesday, two days following the Chief Executive’s pronouncement of a unilateral ceasefire.