The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is asking lawmakers for a P36-million budget for 2022 to support the government's anti-insurgency task force in its efforts against communist rebels. President Duterte listens to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana during a briefing at Bahay Malago inside...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) was again put in the spotlight as lawmakers questioned Thursday, August 26, the necessity of increasing its funds amid the persisting problem of COVID-19. Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas, during the hybrid...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) said administration allies and trolls were hard at work spreading false information about Vice President Leni Robredo to divert the public's attention from the Department of Health's (DOH's) supposed mishandling of coronavirus funds amounting to P67 billion....
The Redemptorist congregation has condemned the “malicious” red-tagging of its mission community in Laoag. Photo courtesy Redemptorist Vice-Province of Manila Father Victorino Cueto, superior of the congregation’s Vice Province of Manila, said such action is an “assault to human liberty,"...
Leaders of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) filed formal complaints on Wednesday, July 14, before the National Bureau of Investigation Cybercrime Division against posts from state-sponsored pages red-tagging and vilifying labor leaders as "terrorists." (Photo from KMU) Kabataan Partylist Rep. Sarah Elago...
The House Committee on Higher and Technical Education on Wednesday, June 2, approved the substitute bill that seeks to institutionalize the 1989 accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (UP-DND) into the UP Charter of 2008. University of the...
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...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Friday joined the legal community in condemning the red-tagging of another lawyer who is providing legal assistance to arrested youth activists. De Lima slammed the red-tagging of Carlos Castillo, Jr. of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines-Zambales Chapter,...
Malacañang wanted to know who were the people red-tagging groups organizing donation drives for the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) following the fire that hit the State-run institution on Sunday. Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque (OPS / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Presidential Spokesman...
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...
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...
