CPP ANNIVERSARY. Surigao del Sur- A young recruit of the New People’s Army performs during a cultural presentation of the 42nd anniversary of the Communist Party of the Philippines somewhere in the Mt. Diwata Range in Surigao del Sur on Dec. 26. The chairs of the peace panels of the  government and the National Democratic Front, the CPP’s political arm, met in HongKong in early December and will meet again for informal talks in January 2011 in preparation for the formal talks in February. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo