National Security Adviser (NSA) Secretary Eduardo Año on Thursday, Aug. 31, said he is hopeful that the Philippine armed forces can refocus on protecting the country against external forces in the wake of continuous geopolitical issues after it ends the decades-long insurgency. National Security...
The issuance of a proclamation granting amnesty to rebel returnees could become President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s “strategic weapon” to finally put an end to the country’s almost six-decade-long problem on insurgency. Former peace adviser Eduardo Ermita bared this on...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has approved the designation of 17 of his appointees as Cabinet Officers for Regional Development and Security (CORDS) for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to further intensify the administration’s fight...
All departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the government will now have a peace and development office (PMO) to institutionalize the implementation of the programs of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). *National Security Adviser...
Vice President Sara Duterte met with the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army on Thursday, July 13, in Barangay Arenas, Northern Samar. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte via Facebook) In a Facebook post, Duterte credited them for the role they played in Davao City’s campaign against the...
The New People’s Army (NPA) is now a “spent force” as it only has 1,800 active fighters left from a peak of 24,000 in the 1980s, an official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) bared Monday, July 10. *Col. Medel Aguilar, spokesperson of Armed Forces of the Philippines * Col. Medel...
KALAYAAN, Laguna – This town, once known as a base of the New People's Army under former Communist Party of the Philippines spokesman Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal, has been declared insurgency free. Kalayaan is the first municipality in this province under a Stable Internal Peace and Security...
CAMP SERVILLANO AQUINO, San Miguel, Tarlac – This province has been declared insurgency-free and is now relatively peaceful. This was declared by the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) on Friday, June 23, in Resolution No. 2, Series of 2023. The resolution acknowledged the province's...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte offered an explanation into Vice President Sara Duterte's decision to oppose offering temporary shelter to some 50,000 refugees from Taliban-led Afghanistan. In the latest episode of SMNI News Channel’s “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa,” the former chief executive...
ILOILO CITY – The Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center (RJPSCC)-6 on Friday, June 16, declared this city, the regional capital of Western Visayas, free from communist insurgency....
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has lauded the local government of Davao del Norte for successfully purging insurgents from its locality. Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go (Photo courtesy of O/S Sen. Bong Go) Go, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense, earlier participated in...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Mayor Marcelo Gayeta here expressed optimism on Friday, June 9, that this town will gain further progress from its insurgency free status. THE Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) chaired by Mayor Marcelo Gayeta, police, and military sign an...
