Professors, researchers, university administrators and education professionals from leading universities nationwide on Saturday, Nov. 13, commended the Senate for defunding the National Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) The Academics Unite...
The National Task Force on Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) maintained on Saturday, Nov. 13, that it has been transparent as to how the P16.44-billion budget for the implementation of the Barangay Development Program (BDP) is being spent this year. National Security Adviser Hermogenes C....
The lone senatorial aspirant of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) withdrew his certificate of candidacy (COC) at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday, Nov. 13. media Marianito Roque, former Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) secretary, will reportedly be replaced by...
Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Sonny Angara on Friday said it is still too early to say whether or not the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) should be abolished. “I think it’s way too early to make that judgment for the NTF-ELCAC. (It) only started to...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday urged newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Lt. Gen. Dionardo Carlos to review the PNP’s use of its anti-insurgency funds. Drilon challenged the incoming PNP leadership as he finds it suspicious that the PNP conducted about 13...
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday, Nov. 11 rejected insinuations made by a colleague that the Senate could be seen as a supporter of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) if the funding for the government’s anti-insurgency task force would suffer drastic cuts. Angara, during the continuation of the...
Two women's groups hailed the Senate's move to cut the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) by 86 percent. (Photo from Anakbayan Morayta / FILE) On Tuesday, Senator Sonny Angara said the Senate Finance Committee is set to slash the budget of NTF-ELCAC...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo is eyeing the abolition of the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) if she wins the presidential race in 2022. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) Facing members of the Rotary Club of Makati in an online...
National Security Adviser (NSA) Hermogenes Esperon Jr. could not help but stress the importance of having a strong political will to fight communist insurgency after senators decided to cut the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict's (NTF-ELCAC) budget for 2022 by P24 billion....
Student regents, councils and governments of various colleges and universities on Wednesday, Nov. 3, strongly condemned the continued “book purging” in state universities. (Photo from Unsplash) In an open letter, the National Union of Students of the Philippines urged the Commission on Higher...
President Duterte will visit the MIMAROPA Region (Occidental and Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) on Thursday, Nov. 4, to witness the presentation of the peace and development initiatives of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). National...
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) on Tuesday, Nov. 2, urged higher education institutions (HEIs) nationwide to respect the decision of other universities and colleges when it comes to the “exercise of academic freedom.” Commission on Higher Education Chairman Popoy De Vera (Photo from...
