Negros execs push localized peace talks with Reds

BACOLOD CITY, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL, Philippines — Officials in Negros Occidental had endorsed the proposal by Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. for localized peace talks with communist rebels following a series of clashes in the province. “We are willing to sit down and be part of the peace process on the local level,” Cadiz City Mayor

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