Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana condemned the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), for its atrocities to the Filipino people as it marks its 53rd founding anniversary on Tuesday, March 29. (File photo / MANILA...
Youth leaders, activists, and concerned citizens filed before the Office of the Ombudsman on Wednesday, March 23, separate complaints to hold National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Spokesperson Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy administratively and criminally liable for...
President Duterte said he is hoping that the next administration will continue the government's anti-insurgency programs under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). President Duterte during his pre-recorded "Talk to the People" address aired Tuesday morning,...
In just 24 hours, a total of 75 alleged communist rebels and local terrorists surrendered to the military in Mindanao, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disclosed Saturday, March 19. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Col. Jorry Baclor, chief of the AFP public affairs office, said the surrender...
President Duterte called on the communist rebels anew to return to the fold of the law while he is still in office, stressing the need to end the country's decades-long communist insurgency. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made this appeal as he led the inauguration of the...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday, March 13, fired back at fake news peddlers who are behind the text blasts alleging that she is forming a coalition government with communist groups. Vice President Leni Robredo (VPLR Media Bureau) Robredo said in a statement posted on her Facebook page that...
President Duterte claimed that the Dilawans (yellow), the color associated with the opposition, and the communist rebels already have "working relations" and that they might disrupt the upcoming 2022 elections. President Rodrigo Duterte (Screenshot from SMNI/YouTube) Duterte made the statement two...
The national government has approved the P72 million worth of development projects in 18 barangays in Cagayan as part of initiatives to download programs and projects in areas used to be infested by communist rebels. The fund will finance the 22 proposed infrastructure projects under the Local...
While he believes that all those running for president are qualified to be his successor in Malacañang, President Duterte said he is not into supporting any one in the upcoming polls. President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the statement the night before the start of the...
'I’m using a VPN (virtual private network), I have to if I want to see beyond what the Chinese government wants us to see,' Lester tells me For the nth time, April finds herself in another Chinese city on a research trip. The Mandarin here is slightly different, and she has to ask the...
President Duterte tried to convince New People’s Army (NPA) members to lay down their guns and surrender to the government by speaking of how wicked firearms are. President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) But first, Duterte admitted to having a gun collection himself. And he happens to have a...
President Duterte said that he is open to giving vaccines to New People’s Army (NPA) members so that they won't catch the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (Photos from Malacañang/ MANILA BULLETIN) However, Duterte--speaking in his weekly "Talk to the People" public briefing--said that the...
