Everything is set for the launch of the first round of the “National Vaccination Days” on Monday, Nov. 29, which aims to inoculate nine million Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. holds a virtual press briefing on Nov. 28, 2021 ahead of the...
Despite being on the receiving end of "baseless red tagging," Vice President Leni Robredo threw her support behind the campaign of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to end the long-drawn out insurgency problem in the country. (Photo courtesy of the OVP) During a security briefing Friday,...
Presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he fully supports efforts to restore the original proposed budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) saying sufficient funding would help sustain the humanitarian and development projects in...
Several governors and mayors have vowed to troop to the Senate to hold protest action over the huge budget cut in the Barangay Development Program for New Peoples’ Army (NPA)-cleared barangays of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in the 2022 budget....
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday apologized to critics of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after he made remarks calling them “bwisit” saying he was just venting his frustration during an interview on Sunday morning. “Kahapon na-bwisit...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday defended the Senate Committee on Finance’s decision to slash the budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in 2022 as he took exception to Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s tirades against those who...
President Duterte has identified as couple of things that "worry" him as he counts his final days in Malacañang. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the joint meeting of the NTF-RTF ELCAC in Mimaropa held in Calapan City on Nov. 18, 2021 (Malacañang photo) "Eh ako magtapos na (I'm finishing...
President Duterte has publicly endorsed for the first time Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go as his presidential bet for next year's elections. Senator Bong Go (standing) and President Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Duterte made the pronouncement on Thursday night, Nov. 18, during the...
Should former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV win in the 2022 senatorial race, his first priorities would be to amend the controversial anti-terror bill that has become a way for key government officials to red-tag activists and critics and to start an anti-corruption body that will oversee the...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) expressed its support to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) following recent calls to cut the budget and defund the anti-insurgency task force. TESDA SECRETARY ISIDRO LAPEÑA (MANILA BULLETIN) In...
Without naming names, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo called officials of the government’s anti-insurgency task force “irresponsible” for linking her to the pro-communist movement in the country. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP) In a media interview in Cabanatuan City,...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the League of Provinces of the Philippines (LPP) urged the Senate on Monday, Nov. 15, to restore the proposed P28.1 billion Support to the Barangay Development Program (SBDP) for New Peoples’ Army (NPA)-cleared barangays in the 2022...
