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29 July 2016
ph7-29-07-2016_reneblumawag_23 President Rodrigo R. Duterte during his visit to Camp Morgia in Doña Andrea, Asuncion Davao del Norte on July 29, checks the injuries of one of the three Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) members who were hurt in an ambush perpetrated by the New People’s Army (NPA) on July 27. RENE LUMAWAG/PPD
ph6-29-07-2016_reneblumawag_22 President Rodrigo R. Duterte attends the wake of slain Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member Panggong Pumanod during his visit to Camp Morgia in Doña Andrea, Asuncion, Davao del Norte on July 29. Pumanod was killed in an ambush by communist rebels from the New People’s Army at Barangay Gupitan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte on July 27. RENE LUMAWAG/PPD
ph5-29-07-2016_reneblumawag_19  Special Assistant to the President Christopher ‘Bong’ Go walks past an artillery weapon at Camp Morgia in Doña Andrea, Asuncion, Davao del Norte which has been covered to signify the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ adherence to the Unilateral Ceasefire declared by President Rodrigo R. Duterte, who visited Camp Morgia on July 29.
 
ph4-29-07-2016_reneblumawag_18  The artillery armaments of the 60th Infantry Battalion headquarters at Camp Morgia in Doña Andrea, Asuncion, Davao del Norte are covered to signify their adherence to the unilateral ceasefire declared by President Rodrigo R. Duterte, who visited Camp Morgia on July 29. RENE LUMAWAG/PPD
 
ph3-29-07-2016_reneblumawag_15  President Rodrigo R. Duterte interacts with children before leaving Camp Morgia in Doña Andrea, Asuncion, Davao del Norte on July 29. RENE LUMAWAG/PPD
 
ph2-29-07-2016_reneblumawag_11  President Rodrigo R. Duterte announces during his visit to Camp Morgia in Doña Andrea, Asuncion, Davao del Norte on July 29 that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is being given a deadline until 5:00 p.m. of July 30 to reciprocate a ceasefire from their side. Otherwise the President will lift the unilateral ceasefire he declared for the communist rebels during his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on July 25. RENE LUMAWAG/PPD
 
ph1-29-07-2016_reneblumawag_02 Makiling Pumanod, the widow of the slain Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member Panggong Pumanod, cradles her five-month old baby while waiting for President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s visit at Camp Morgia in Doña Andrea, Asuncion, Davao del Norte on July 29. RENE LUMAWAG/PPD
ph03-072916-ace4 Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella in a press conference at the Briefing Room of the New Executive Building in the Malacañang Complex on July 29, 2016 clarifies that President Rodrigo R. Duterte welcomes the Philippines’ hosting of the Miss Universe 2017 as long as the government will not  spend a single cent for it. Abella added that the government is only willing to provide support services for the international beauty pageant, but the funding should come from the private sector. ACE MORANDANTE/PPD
ph02-072916-ace2 Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella in a  press conference at the Briefing Room of the New Executive Building in the Malacañang Complex on July 29, 2016 clarifies that the Constitutional Assembly (Con-Ass), which will push for the shift from unitary-presidential to a federal-parliamentary form of government , will be for the benefit of the next generation of leaders and will not be self-serving for President Rodrigo R. Duterte. ACE MORANDANTE/PPD
ph01-072916-ace1 Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella  in  a press conference at the Briefing Room of the New Executive Building in the Malacañang Complex on July 29, 2016  expressed sadness over the ambush yesterday of government troops by members of the New People’s Army of the  Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) that killed one militiaman and hurt four others in Davao del Norte on Wednesday. This is an apparent violation of the ceasefire declared by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. ACE MORANDANTE/PPD
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