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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