MANILA, Philippines --- The government should reconsider its military offensive against communist rebels, Marawi civic leader Samira Gutoc said Saturday as she urged the Duterte administration to prioritize peace-building over launching an all-out war on insurgents. "War always has an ugly face. And more often than not, it is people who get caught in the crossfire that suffer the most when shots are fired," Gutoc, an opposition senatorial candidate in next year's elections, said in a statement. President Rodrigo Duterte earlier maintained his stand not to declare a holiday truce with the rebels. Brig. Gen. Edgard Arevalo, Armed Forces of the Philippines spokesperson, has claimed...
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