For Celine Pialago, Kabataan Party-List Rep. Sarah Jane Elago is an alleged example of a "brainwashed" person who can no longer be changed by the government, no matter what it does. MMDA Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago speaking her mind during the "Kabataan Party-List Decoded" virtual forum on...
PEACE-MAKER Jose de Venecia Jr. Former Speaker of the House Today we celebrate 75 years of diplomatic relations between the Philippines and the United States. This year our two countries also mark 70 years of the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT), which “enables close security cooperation and enhances...
The intensified campaign against communist insurgency will be sustained by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) despite the resignation of Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. as one of its spokespersons. National Security Adviser Hermogenes C. Esperon Jr. (File photo/...
President Duterte has accepted the resignation of controversial anti-communist insurgency task force spokesman Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. (File photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Parlade himself announced that he has resigned as spokesman...
President Duterte is confident the government could defeat the armed communist rebels amid their dwindling forces. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a speech during the launch of a coalition of anti-crime volunteers in Camp Crame on June 25, 2021. (Malacañang) The President has commended the...
In July 1921, a group of young people with an average age of less than 28 years old, harboring firm beliefs and shouldering the mission of saving the nation, gathered in Shanghai and established the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the semi-colonial and semi-feudal society of old China. From 1921...
It's the cold hard truth. The local communist group has been engaged in tax collection from "everybody" that only made its leaders richer, President Duterte bared Tuesday, June 8. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President slammed the rebel group for the extortion of local...
A human rights group on Wednesday, June 9, condemned the death of Kieth Absalon and his cousin, Nolven Absalon, over the weekend in Masbate City. Kieth Absalon On Sunday morning, June 6, Kieth, former UAAP football juniors most valuable player, and union leader Nolven were killed in a blast while...
President Duterte said the government's peace negotiations with the communist rebels were "dead on its tracks" as they asked too much from the government. President Rodrigo Duterte delivers a televised address on May 5, 2021 (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the statement during his interview with...
The communist rebels must be prosecuted and penalized for committing an international crime after it launched a landmine explosion that killed two people in Masbate, Malacañang said Tuesday. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque (File photo/Malacañang) Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the New...
Peace talks with the communist rebels will not prevail if they would not stop the atrocities against troops and other people, President Duterte declared Monday. President Duterte delivers a public address from Davao City on June 7, 2021. (Malacañang) The President issued the statement after...
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...
