(File photo) A member of the Philippine Navy was severely injured when China Coast Guard (CCG) intentionally rammed the supply boats of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that were engaged in a resupply mission at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal on Monday, June 17. Col. Xerxes Trinidad, chief...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. graces the 126th Philippine Navy anniversary at the Navy's headquarters in Manila on May 24, 2024. (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. directed the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
ILOILO CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) rejected the call to abolish the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). SISON It agreed with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. that NTF-ELCAC helped improve peace and order in the country. “We thank the President...
President Marcos is firm that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) will not be abolished, saying the anti-insurgency group does not red-tag anyone. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) Marcos said this following renewed calls to...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is hopeful that the remaining active members of the Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) will now surrender and avail of the amnesty offered by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. NTF-ELCAC...
Runrio Inc. founder Rio Dela Cruz (second from left) speaks during a press briefing in Manila on April 15, 2024 for the "Takbo para sa West Philippine Sea" event. With him are (L-R) Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Director General Jose Torres Jr., National Task Force for WPS spokesperson...
National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC co-vice chairperson Eduardo Año (File photo) President Marcos has committed to allot additional fund for the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP), a socio-economic intervention project for communities freed from the influence of communist...
President Marcos has allowed some 846 eligible barangays to access the Local Government Support Fund-Financial Assistance to Local Government Units (LGSF-FALGU) for higher budget provision to support the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) Barangay Development...
President Marcos has ordered the immediate implementation of the amnesty program for the remaining members of communist groups in the country. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA Pool/Yummie Dingding) Marcos made the directive during a National Task Force to End...
As the New People’s Army (NPA) marked its 55 th founding anniversary last March 29, its remaining leaders and members were again urged by the national government to lay down their weapons and end the armed struggle so lasting peace can finally be achieved in the country. In a statement on Easter...
A rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) reaches the starboard side of BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal to deliver fresh supplies for Filipino troops manning the outpost in the West Philippine Sea on March 23, 2024. (Courtesy of AFP) The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS),...
No amount of dangerous maneuvers and deployment of water cannon will discourage the Philippines in continuing its rotation and resupply missions for Filipino troops on board the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal, the National Task Force-West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) said on Tuesday, March 5,...
