Leyte Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez on Monday appealed to lawmakers to reconsider proposals to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) warning such moves would reduce the government’s gains in the fight against local insurgency. Torres-Gomez proposed...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he is against defunding the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) despite criticisms over its red-tagging activities. Go warned that the move to discontinue the allocation of funds to NTF-ELCAC could derail the government’s...
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. made a promise on Saturday, May 1, that he will look into the Senate's call for the removal of Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. as a spokesperson of the government's anti-insurgency task force. Senators Panfilo Lacson and Franklin Drilon have insisted...
National Security Adviser (NSA) Hermogenes Esperon Jr. challenged senators and congressmen on Saturday, May 1, to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) if they want the national government's anti-insurgency efforts to go to waste. Esperon, vice chairperson...
Malacañang urged those who want Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. out of the government's anti-communist task force to file a quo warranto petition if they are confident that Parlade is not qualified to speak for the body. Shopee x Seagate Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement following...
An organization of education workers urged President Duterte to call on Congress for an “urgent special session” which will rechannel the budget for the opening of a new school year. (ALI VICOY/MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines, in a statement issued...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, April 28, called on President Duterte to certify as urgent the bill that would criminalize red-tagging. Senate Minority Leader Frankiln Drilon (MANILA BULLETIN/Czar Dancel) Drilon said it is "imperative" that Duterte endorse the approval of his...
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday described calls to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after its –red-tagging on organizers of communist pantries as a “knee-jerk” reaction. Rodriguez said he favors a proper review on how the...
Officials of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) might also have to face lawmakers at the House of Representatives to defend its use of its P19-billion budget amid criticisms on its red-tagging activities against community pantry volunteers. House of...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Tuesday, April 27, warned that communists and terrorists will likely benefit if the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is defunded of its P19-billion budget. Senator Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa supports the retention of the...
Malacañang is leaving the decision to the government’s counter-insurgency task force whether or not its spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. should be sacked from his post over his controversial remarks on community pantries and senators. Noting that President Duterte “does not...
Fifteen senators on Tuesday, April 27, have filed the resolution which seeks to censure National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. for his "disrespectful and derogatory" remarks against members of the Senate following their call...
