All departments, bureaus, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the government will now have a peace and development office (PMO) to institutionalize the implementation of the programs of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). *National Security Adviser...
Vice President Sara Duterte met with the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army on Thursday, July 13, in Barangay Arenas, Northern Samar. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte via Facebook) In a Facebook post, Duterte credited them for the role they played in Davao City’s campaign against the...
The New People’s Army (NPA) is now a “spent force” as it only has 1,800 active fighters left from a peak of 24,000 in the 1980s, an official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) bared Monday, July 10. *Col. Medel Aguilar, spokesperson of Armed Forces of the Philippines * Col. Medel...
KALAYAAN, Laguna – This town, once known as a base of the New People's Army under former Communist Party of the Philippines spokesman Gregorio “Ka Roger” Rosal, has been declared insurgency free. Kalayaan is the first municipality in this province under a Stable Internal Peace and Security...
CAMP SERVILLANO AQUINO, San Miguel, Tarlac – This province has been declared insurgency-free and is now relatively peaceful. This was declared by the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) on Friday, June 23, in Resolution No. 2, Series of 2023. The resolution acknowledged the province's...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte offered an explanation into Vice President Sara Duterte's decision to oppose offering temporary shelter to some 50,000 refugees from Taliban-led Afghanistan. In the latest episode of SMNI News Channel’s “Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa,” the former chief executive...
ILOILO CITY – The Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center (RJPSCC)-6 on Friday, June 16, declared this city, the regional capital of Western Visayas, free from communist insurgency....
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has lauded the local government of Davao del Norte for successfully purging insurgents from its locality. Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go (Photo courtesy of O/S Sen. Bong Go) Go, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on National Defense, earlier participated in...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Mayor Marcelo Gayeta here expressed optimism on Friday, June 9, that this town will gain further progress from its insurgency free status. THE Municipal Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) chaired by Mayor Marcelo Gayeta, police, and military sign an...
TIAONG, Quezon – This town was officially declared insurgency-free by the Philippine National Police on Wednesday, June 7. Town officials called this a new chapter in its long history of being Ground Zero to clashes between the military and communist rebels. A Memorandum of Understanding was...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Wednesday, May 24, cited the significant gains by Dabawenyos against the communist rebels during a program in which Davao City marked the first year of being insurgency-free. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a message during the first anniversary of the...
ILOILO CITY – A joint regional body has declared Bacolod City free from communist insurgency. OFFICIALS of law enforcement bodies declare Bacolod City free from communist insurgency. (303rd IB) The Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center (RJPSCC-6) affirmed this status in a...
