"I'm smarter." President Duterte urged Filipinos to believe in him and the government and not the communists, saying he had already resolved the issue of agrarian reform-- proof that he is smarter than the rebels. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Malacañang photo) In his pre-recorded public...
Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has encouraged the Philippine Army (PA) to continue their resolve to protect the Filipinos and the nation against the enemies of the State while also rendering additional duties to contain the coronavirus...
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...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, August 2, scored the Duterte administration’s plan to double the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to P40-billion in the upcoming deliberations of the proposed 2022 national budget saying the...
The Philippine Army (PA) figured in a fresh armed encounter with suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Calamba, Misamis Occidental on Tuesday morning, July 27, the second incident in a little over two weeks. (Map illustration courtesy of Philippine Army 1st Infantry Dividion) Major Gen....
Contrary to his perceived persona of making headline-grabbing statements against individuals or groups accused of ties with communist groups, Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. formally retired from the military service in a rather "quiet" ceremony over the weekend. Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. retires...
House deputy minority leader and Bayan Muna Party-list Representative Carlos Isagani Zarate on Saturday, July 17, vowed that the Bayan Muna and the rest of the Makabayan bloc would oppose and block the additional P40 billion Barangay Development fund (BDF) that the National Task Force to End Local...
Assistant minority leader and Gabriela Women's Party Representative Arlene Brosas on Saturday, July 3, said that the resignation of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesman Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. is a "mere attempt to ease the pressure over the...
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/...
President Duterte has accepted the resignation of controversial anti-communist insurgency task force spokesman Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. (File photo) Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement after Parlade himself announced that he has resigned as spokesman...
Senator Leila de Lima condemned on Saturday, June 19, the killings of teenagers in separate police and military operations. Senator Leila de Lima (Senate of the Philippines) "Last month, it was an 18-year old with autism. On Tuesday, a 12-year old Lumad was killed in an alleged indiscriminate...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, General Cirilito Sobejana has encouraged active members of the New People's Army (NPA) to lay down their arms and take advantage of the government's desire to help them change their lives. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff...
