CATARMAN, N. Samar: Six days before the New Peoples Army-Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) declares its own ceasefire from December 24 to 26, an armed group believed to be NPA members ambushed and wounded two civilians and four soldiers in Brgy. Hinatad, Catarman, Northern Samar on Wednesday.

As this developed, the military and police in Negros Occidental are preparing for possible attacks of the New People’s Army (NPA) after the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) ordered tactical offensives nationwide.