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/...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) hit the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed unit, the New People's Army (NPA), on Friday, June 11, for allegedly "ignoring" calls to turn in their fighters who were deemed responsible for the death of football player Keith Absalon and his...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago has slammed what she described as Kabataan Party-List Rep. Sarah Jane Elago's attempts at "damage control” following the death of Keith Absalon in the hands of the New People’s Army (NPA). MMDA Assistant...
The chairman of the House Committee on Good Government on Thursday, June 10 condemned the killing of promising footballer Kieth Absalon and his cousin, Nolven Absalon, even as he urged the family and friends of the victims to reject as “grossly insufficient” the offer of apology and...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) will not support any move to revive the peace talks with the communist rebels amid calls from some groups for the government and the rebel group to go back to the negotiating table after the series of attacks carried out in the past days that include a roadside...
President Duterte has assured the family of slain football player Keith Absalon and his cousin that those responsible for the death of the victims will be brought to justice. Keith Absalon (Photo from Malaya FC) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after the Communist Party of the...
The landmine attack by a unit of the New People’s Army (NPA) on Far Eastern University footballer Kieth Absalon and his cousin in Masbate City, killing both, was inhumane and a human rights violation, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Wednesday, June 9. Vice President Leni Robredo...
The New People's Army should surrender those responsible for the roadside bombing in Masbate City that killed a college football player if it is indeed sincere in its apology, a top police official said on Wednesday, June 9. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recognized Tuesday, June 1, the PDP-Laban party's quest for the retention and future increase of funds for the Barangay Development Program (BDP), the government's flagship project to end communist insurgency. DILG Undersecretary Jonathan...
FLAG BURNING – The flag of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing the New People’s Army (NPA) is burned during the massive surrender of NPA militia members in Iloilo. (3rd ID photo) ILOILO CITY – At least 70 militia members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Iloilo...
Majority of the country’s local government units (LGUs) have provided support to the national government’s efforts to end the more than five decades of communist insurgency in the country by declaring the group as persona non grata in their respective localities, an official of the Department...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. revealed Friday, May 21, an alleged plot by the New People's Army (NPA) to kill government officials in the security sector, including spokespersons of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). National Security...
