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...
To speed up the rollout of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines, local government units (LGUs) were urged by the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 to be creative in their inoculation strategies, including the conduct of house-to-house vaccination. Assistant Sec. Wilben Mayor (Photo: NTF...
The National Electrification Administration (NEA) should earmark some of its budget for the residents in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said. Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Energy Committee, noted that not a single centavo of its proposed...
The national government is eyeing to fully vaccinate at least 50 million Filipinos against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before the end of 2021 and it is inching closer to hitting its target with the support of international partners, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said Friday, Oct. 29....
The country will receive its 100 millionth dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine with the scheduled delivery of Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs on Thursday, Oct. 28. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. (Photo: NTF Against COVID-19 As of this writing, the vaccine supply stood at 97,678,340 doses...
A total of 72 minors aged 12 to 17 with comorbidities were vaccinated in Muntinlupa on the first day of the rollout by the national and city governments. The vaccination of minors, classified by the Department of Health (DOH) as Pediatric A3, was held on Oct. 25 at the city-run Ospital ng...
The Duterte administration will continue to carry out projects for conflict-affected areas and areas that were identified to have been freed from the influence of leftist groups. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar (Photo from PCOO Facebook) Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary...
After its pilot implementation in the National Capital Region (NCR), the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of children and adolescents aged 12 to 17 will officially be rolled out nationwide on Oct. 29. Sec. Carlito Galvez Jr. faces the media during the arrival of 1,016,730 doses of Pfizer...
Communist armed group the New People's Army (NPA) is no longer relevant to Filipinos. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the joint meeting of the NTF-RTF ELCAC in Region IV-A in Lucena City, Quezon Province on Oct. 21, 2021 (Malacañang photo) Thus, declared President Duterte on Thursday...
