Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday vowed to oppose next year’s budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), reiterating his belief the budget would be used as a huge “campaign kitty” of the Duterte administration for the 2022 elections....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recognized Tuesday, June 1, the PDP-Laban party's quest for the retention and future increase of funds for the Barangay Development Program (BDP), the government's flagship project to end communist insurgency. DILG Undersecretary Jonathan...
Opposition Rep. Ferdinand Gaite of Bayan Muna slammed on Monday, May 31, the PDP-Laban’s resolution to convince President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president and choose his candidate for president. Gaite also chided the ruling party for calling for additional funding for the controversial...
Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. is among the more controversial personalities of this administration, but Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic czar Edison "Bong" Nebrija believes in the man's abilities, 100 percent. MMDA traffic czar Edison Nebrija (left) and NTF-ELCAC spokesperson,...
Nine more members of the House of Representatives have filed a bill for the criminalization of red-tagging. House of Representatives plenary 2 The lawmakers -- Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, Quezon City Rep. Jose Christopher Belmonte, La Union Rep. Pablo Ortega as well as Makabayan bloc congressmen Bayan...
Majority of the country’s local government units (LGUs) have provided support to the national government’s efforts to end the more than five decades of communist insurgency in the country by declaring the group as persona non grata in their respective localities, an official of the Department...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. revealed Friday, May 21, an alleged plot by the New People's Army (NPA) to kill government officials in the security sector, including spokespersons of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). National Security...
While several congressional leaders crossed partylines to condemn the alleged red-tagging efforts against organizers and supporters of community pantries, a senior administration lawmaker bluntly threatened to link a young solon to the communist rebellion during a briefing on the controversy...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) encouraged an organizer of the community pantry Saturday, May 15, to lodge a formal complaint before the Philippine National Police (PNP) if she experiences harassment. NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Joel Egco speaks in a virtual...
After announcing the roster of its eight primary spokespersons, the National Task Force (NTF) to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said Saturday, May 15, that it will designate "more" mouthpieces to match the "extensive propaganda machine" of the Communist Party of the Philippines...
Development projects have started in at least six barangays in Northern Samar that were identified as beneficiaries of the Barangay Development Program (BDP), an official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) disclosed Saturday, May 15. NTF-ELCAC Spokesperson...
Opposition senators on Tuesday questioned the designation of six more spokespersons for the administration’s National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Senator Risa Hontiveros said the performance of the anti-insurgency task force should not be dependent on the number...
