President Duterte has publicly endorsed for the first time Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go as his presidential bet for next year's elections. Senator Bong Go (standing) and President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the pronouncement on Thursday night, Nov. 18, during the...
Should former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV win in the 2022 senatorial race, his first priorities would be to amend the controversial anti-terror bill that has become a way for key government officials to red-tag activists and critics and to start an anti-corruption body that will oversee the...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) expressed its support to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) following recent calls to cut the budget and defund the anti-insurgency task force. TESDA SECRETARY ISIDRO LAPEÑA (MANILA BULLETIN) In...
Without naming names, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo called officials of the government’s anti-insurgency task force “irresponsible” for linking her to the pro-communist movement in the country. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) In a media interview in Cabanatuan City,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) urged the Senate on Monday, Nov. 15, to restore the proposed P28.1 billion Support to the Barangay Development Program (SBDP) for New Peoples’ Army (NPA)-cleared barangays in the 2022...
Presidential aspirant and incumbent Vice President Leni Robredo was called a “joke,” “traitor,” and alleged “ally” of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) after she reiterated her call to abolish the National Task...
Former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Antonio Parlade Jr. filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for president on Monday, Nov. 15. Former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Antonio Parlade Jr....
Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesman on Sunday, Nov. 14, maintained that the presidential aspirant and leader of the opposition is against terrorism and insurgency in the country but stressed that the government’s current anti-insurgency task force is “problematic.” Vice President Leni...
Presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday, Nov. 14 assured he would not support any funding cut in the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Go, who is seeking the presidency in the upcoming May 2022 elections, reaffirmed his...
Professors, researchers, university administrators and education professionals from leading universities nationwide on Saturday, Nov. 13, commended the Senate for defunding the National Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Academics Unite...
The National Task Force on Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) maintained on Saturday, Nov. 13, that it has been transparent as to how the P16.44-billion budget for the implementation of the Barangay Development Program (BDP) is being spent this year. National Security Adviser Hermogenes C....
The lone senatorial aspirant of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) withdrew his certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, Nov. 13. media Marianito Roque, former Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary, will reportedly be replaced by...
