RP sets 24-day cease-fire

Thu, 08 Dec 1994 | Source: REUTERS

MANILA (Reuter): Philippine President Fidel Ramos said yesterday he had approved a unilateral 24-day cease-fire against communist rebels to mark the Christmas season.

Ramos told a news conference the ceasefire would start on Dec. 16, the start of a series of Roman Catholic dawn masses in Asia's only mainly Christian country.

The government has been holding peace talks with the rebels since Ramos took office in 1992.

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