MANILA, Philippines—The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Tuesday (Feb. 9) scoffed at the Communist Party of the Philippines’ offer to assure safe passage of coronavirus vaccines in response to President Rodrigo Duterte’s public appeal.
“In the best interest of life, welfare and wellbeing of fellow Filipinos, the CPP-NPA should not sound chivalrous about allowing the passage without delay of vaccines in all parts of the country,” AFP spokesperson Maj. Gen. Edgard Arevalo said in a statement.
He said rebels “should have done so in many instances in the past” when soldiers were instead gunned down during missions to bring aid to calamity-stricken parts of the c…
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