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...
Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Sonny Angara on Friday said it is still too early to say whether or not the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) should be abolished. “I think it’s way too early to make that judgment for the NTF-ELCAC. (It) only started to...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday urged newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Lt. Gen. Dionardo Carlos to review the PNP’s use of its anti-insurgency funds. Drilon challenged the incoming PNP leadership as he finds it suspicious that the PNP conducted about 13...
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday, Nov. 11 rejected insinuations made by a colleague that the Senate could be seen as a supporter of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) if the funding for the government’s anti-insurgency task force would suffer drastic cuts. Angara, during the continuation of the...
