Senator Robinhood Padilla has suggested a connection between the timing of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) confidential fund releases and the founding anniversaries of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA), implying the funds may have helped stop rebel attacks.

The Philippine Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro stated that the national government will not pursue peace negotiations with the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People’s Army, emphasizing localized peace initiatives instead.

The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) released the names of 19 casualties from an incident in Barangay Salamanca, Toboso, Negros Occidental, claiming 10 were armed revolutionaries and nine were civilians.

Higaonon tribal leaders and Indigenous Peoples from several Bukidnon towns in the Philippines formally declared their rejection of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) and reaffirmed their commitment to peace.

National Security Adviser Eduardo Oban Jr. has publicly supported the Defense Secretary's rejection of peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front, stating it is not in the Filipinos' interest.

A court in Tacloban City, Philippines, has dismissed terrorism financing charges against a non-governmental organization worker, citing the government's failure to officially publish the terrorist designation of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) has declared Negros Island as the primary location for alleged 'spy-tagging' killings of civilians, which they attribute to the Communist Party of the Philippines.

The municipal council of Toboso in Negros Occidental has unanimously declared the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front of the Philippines (CPP-NPA-NDFP) as “persona non grata.”