The National Task Force to End Local Communist Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) was again put in the spotlight as lawmakers questioned Thursday, August 26, the necessity of increasing its funds amid the persisting problem of COVID-19. Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas, during the hybrid...
Senator Ronald ‘’Bato’’ dela Rosa on Wednesday, August 25, defended the continued funding for the government’s anti-insurgency program through the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Senator Bato De la Rosar Based on his personal experience in travelling...
Senator Nancy BInay on Tuesday criticized the Duterte government’s plan to increase the budget by P11-billion of its anti-insurgency task force while slashing the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine’s (RITM) budget by P170-million under the proposed P5.0240-trillion budget for 2022. Binay...
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque took a jab at the militant Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives for claiming that the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) received an illegal fund transfer from the Department of the Interior and Local Government...
The proposed budget increase for the government’s anti-communist task force, previously criticized for engaging in red-tagging and harassment of government critics, will be used for poverty alleviation and development projects, Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said on Tuesday, August 24....
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Spokesperson Celine Pialago had some one-on-one time with Senator Manny Pacquiao before the latter's welterweight bout with World Boxing Association (WBA) "super" champion Yordenis Ugas at past noon Sunday, Aug. 22. (Photo from Asec. Celine Pialago's...
The Office of the Vice President (OVP) said administration allies and trolls were hard at work spreading false information about Vice President Leni Robredo to divert the public's attention from the Department of Health's (DOH's) supposed mishandling of coronavirus funds amounting to P67 billion....
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon has urged state economic managers to reconsider allocating huge funds for the security sector for next year amid the “skyrocketing” national debt and a growing budget deficit. Drilon said he is dismayed at the negative growth in the social services sector...
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...
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Sunday said he will ask the Philippine National Police (PNP) to explain to the Senate the motive behind its so-called “Intensified Cleanliness Policy” or ICP and its relation to the National Task Force for Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Lacson said...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is ready for any investigation on the allegation raised by Sen. Panfilo Lacson of the supposed misuse of the anti-communist insurgency fund allocated by the national government to the police, a top police officials said on Sunday, August 8. PNP chief Gen....
Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, August 7, stood by his claim that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is engaged in "illegal" data gathering activities using the government's anti-insurgency funds, saying he cannot just disregard reports from field officers themselves. Senator Panfilo Lacson...
