Duterte Meets Senior Communist Guerrilla Leader For Peace Talks ...

[Arthur Little]

... thereby raising hopes of bringing to an end, one of Asia's longest~running armed insurgencies which has continued for nearly half a century ... claiming around 30,000 lives in the process.

http://www.manilatimes.net/breaking_...munist-leader/

's certainly looks like a step in the right direction!

[Arthur Little]

Off the record, I had *heard tell of [almost] 200 members of the so~called 'New People's Army' laying down their weapons and surrendering already - but, for some reason ... ... cannot seem to find a link to *this.