Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque defended the government's funding for its anti-communist task force, saying the money was for programs that help solve communist insurgency in the country. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Vice President Leni Robredo (Manila Bulletin File Photos) Roque made...
Vice President Leni Robredo said the release of the funds for the government's anti-communist insurgency task force should be suspended and instead be used to fund the cash assistance program for families who will be affected by the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila ....
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday expressed her support to Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon’s call for the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a special audit of the funds allocated to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). De Lima said a...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced Tuesday, August 3, ambush of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Samar on the convoy of health workers and the police on their way to Leyte to pick-up coronavirus...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, August 2, scored the Duterte administration’s plan to double the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to P40-billion in the upcoming deliberations of the proposed 2022 national budget saying the...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday, August 1 expressed his disappointment at the government for prioritizing funding for the anti-insurgency program while it is scrambling for funds for the special amelioration program or 'ayuda.' Drilon noted the P16.3-billion lodged under the...
Celine Pialago is equal parts proud and hopeful to be part of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict or the NTF-ELCAC. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago (Photo from Pialago's Facebook) Pialago made this revelation on Facebook...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago isn't the type of person who cuts her hair out of gloom. In fact, she appears to be the opposite of that. (Photo from Asec Celine Pialago's Facebook) Pialago on Thursday night, July 29 debuted on Facebook her...
With less than a year left in the term of President Duterte, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. laid out his priorities to keep the country safe from all forms of internal and external security threats. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (REY BANIQUET/Presidential Photo...
Contrary to his perceived persona of making headline-grabbing statements against individuals or groups accused of ties with communist groups, Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. formally retired from the military service in a rather "quiet" ceremony over the weekend. Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. retires...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. disclosed Wednesday, July 21, that the successor of President Duterte should continue the operations of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to sustain the gains in putting an end into the 52-year-long insurgency...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) scored the Makabayan bloc in Congress on Tuesday, July 20, for allegedly spreading lies about the Barangay Development Program (BDP). Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya (DILG photo) Bayan Muna Rep Eufemia Cullamat earlier branded DILG Secretary...
