(UPDATE) THE Philippine government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) agreed to hold peace talks anew to end the decades-old conflict, Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity Carlito Galvez Jr. said on Wednesday.

Both sides agreed to engage in dialogues 'in order to come together on a peace and transformation framework that focuses on further addressing the socio-economic and political drivers of the armed conflict and finally ending the Communist Party of the Philippines and the New People's Army's more than five-decades-old armed struggle.'