MANILA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine government expressed concern on Tuesday over the series of attacks launched by the leftist rebels against its troops, saying it endangers the government unilateral ceasefire to smoothen the peace talks.
An army spokesman, Col. Bartolome Bacarro, said the military has tallied at least nine attacks, including the ambush of soldiers in Isabela, a province in northern Philippines, last Monday. Two soldiers were killed in the attack, he said, accusing the rebel of insincerity in forging peace.
In Batangas province, south of Manila, the military said the rebels attacked a posh beach resort in Nasugbu town on Monday night. The rebels reportedly disarmed resort's security men and carted away an undermined number of high-powered firearms from the resort.
Bacarro said seven other rebel attacks against government troops and private companies were recently recorded in the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Sarangani, Surigao del Norte and Compostela Valley, a province in the Davao region in the southern Philippines.
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