The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has distributed P10.68 billion or 65 percent of the total P16.44-billion fund alloted for the Barangay Development Program (BDP), a task force official announced Monday, May 10. NTF Vice Chairman and National Security Adviser...
A resolution seeking to commend community pantry organizer Ana Patricia Non and other volunteers in the food bank initiative nationwide has been filed in the Senate on Monday, May 10. People line up at the community pantry set up by 26-year-old Ana Patricia Non in Maginhawa Street, Quezon City....
Congress can call for a special audit of the funds of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Wednesday. Drilon on Tuesday questioned the “speedy” release of the government’s controversial anti-insurgency task...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed to ensure transparency in the implementation of the P16.44 billion “Barangay Development Program’’ intended for 822 remote barangays already cleared from communist insurgency influence by government forces since 2019. In a...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, May 4 questioned the “speedy” release of P10.6-billion out of the P19-billion controversial budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The move comes after majority of the lawmakers called for the...
Leyte Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez on Monday appealed to lawmakers to reconsider proposals to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) warning such moves would reduce the government’s gains in the fight against local insurgency. Torres-Gomez proposed...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is against defunding the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) despite criticisms over its red-tagging activities. Go warned that the move to discontinue the allocation of funds to NTF-ELCAC could derail the government’s...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. made a promise on Saturday, May 1, that he will look into the Senate's call for the removal of Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. as a spokesperson of the government's anti-insurgency task force. Senators Panfilo Lacson and Franklin Drilon have insisted...
National Security Adviser (NSA) Hermogenes Esperon Jr. challenged senators and congressmen on Saturday, May 1, to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) if they want the national government's anti-insurgency efforts to go to waste. Esperon, vice chairperson...
Malacañang urged those who want Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. out of the government's anti-communist task force to file a quo warranto petition if they are confident that Parlade is not qualified to speak for the body. Shopee x Seagate Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement following...
An organization of education workers urged President Duterte to call on Congress for an “urgent special session” which will rechannel the budget for the opening of a new school year. (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, April 28, called on President Duterte to certify as urgent the bill that would criminalize red-tagging. Senate Minority Leader Frankiln Drilon (MANILA BULLETIN/Czar Dancel) Drilon said it is "imperative" that Duterte endorse the approval of his...
