Army, police in – combat mode’ as Duterte ends truce with Reds

THE army and the police in Negros Island Region are back to their offensive operations after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered Friday the lifting of the government’s unilateral truce. Brigadier General Francisco Delfin, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade based in Murcia, Negros Occidental, said they are now in “combat mode” after Duterte lifted the ceasefire.