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...
The House Committee on Higher and Technical Education on Wednesday, June 2, approved the substitute bill that seeks to institutionalize the 1989 accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (UP-DND) into the UP Charter of 2008. University of the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) believes that insurgency will end when roads begin ‘’because the guerilla bases will no longer exist if roads will be open to that area.‘’ Members of the Philippine Army during a rescue operation to get trapped residents in Barangay Datu Javier,...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday vowed to oppose next year’s budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), reiterating his belief the budget would be used as a huge “campaign kitty” of the Duterte administration for the 2022 elections....
Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. is among the more controversial personalities of this administration, but Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) traffic czar Edison "Bong" Nebrija believes in the man's abilities, 100 percent. MMDA traffic czar Edison Nebrija (left) and NTF-ELCAC spokesperson,...
After announcing the roster of its eight primary spokespersons, the National Task Force (NTF) to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said Saturday, May 15, that it will designate "more" mouthpieces to match the "extensive propaganda machine" of the Communist Party of the Philippines...
