National Security Adviser (NSA) Hermogenes Esperon Jr. could not help but stress the importance of having a strong political will to fight communist insurgency after senators decided to cut the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict's (NTF-ELCAC) budget for 2022 by P24 billion....
The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) has launched a four-day virtual training aimed at preventing its jail facilities from being turned into hosts for extremist ideologies. Dubbed as “Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Insurgency (PCVEI), BJMP chief, Director Allan Iral...
Around ninety-nine percent of the total P16.44 billion intended for the Barangay Development Program (BDP) had already been distributed to its recipients, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) reported Monday, September 20. National Security Adviser Hermogenes...
Mindanao, the center of the country's insurgency problem, has not been given a "special treatment" in the implementation of the Barangay Development Program (BDP), according to National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (REY...
National Security Adviser (NSA) Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said Friday, Aug. 27, that "majority" of reports about the alleged harrassment of Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) are just made up by some fisherfolk groups. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (REY...
National Security Council (NSC) Director General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. disclosed Friday, Aug. 13, that he has supported the cancellation of the election registration of Gabriela Women's Party (GWP), a progressive group that advocates for women's issues in the Congress. National Security Adviser...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. did not mince his words in criticizing Vice President Leni Robredo and some "senior senators" over their proposal to realign the multi-billion peso budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) for the social...
Celine Pialago is equal parts proud and hopeful to be part of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict or the NTF-ELCAC. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago (Photo from Pialago's Facebook) Pialago made this revelation on Facebook...
With less than a year left in the term of President Duterte, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. laid out his priorities to keep the country safe from all forms of internal and external security threats. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (REY BANIQUET/Presidential Photo...
Are we better off now than five years ago? As President Duterte prepares for his final SONA, his cabinet secretaries look back on their proudest achievements and look forward to many more things to accomplish in this last stretch. Sec. Berna Romulo Puyat, Department of Tourism There are two...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. disclosed Wednesday, July 21, that the successor of President Duterte should continue the operations of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to sustain the gains in putting an end into the 52-year-long insurgency...
Various development projects worth P40 million were launched by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in two barangays in Ilocos Sur on Friday, July 16. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (second from right), vice chairman of the National Task Force...
