NTF-ELCAC Executive Director, Undersecretary Ernesto Torres Jr. (File photo) The Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations of the Philippines (COCOPEA), an umbrella organization of around 1,500 private schools across the country, has withdrawn from being a member of the executive...
Police recently arrested a New People’s Army amazon allegedly involved in the murder of Far Eastern University football player Keith Absalon and his cousin Nolven Absalon in Masbate City in June 2021. Police Regional Office-5 (Bicol) chief Police Brig. Gen. Andre P. Dizon identified the suspect...
NTF-ELCAC Executive Director Usec. Ernesto Torres Jr. (File photo) No less than President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has assured the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) that it “will stay” despite calls made by certain groups for its abolition,...
National Security Council (NSC) Asst. Director-General Jonathan Malaya (File photo) Despite calls for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), President Marcos Jr. ordered the increase the funding of its Barangay Development Program (BDP) from P2.5...
NTF-ELCAC Executive Director, Undersecretary Ernesto Torres Jr. wants to intensify the government’s information awareness campaign against various recruitment techniques by insurgency groups, particularly the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front...
A Chinese vessel rams Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel BRP Datu Sanday during a resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea on Aug. 25, 2024. (Photo: NTF-WPS) There appears no sign of easing of tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as Chinese navy and coast guard ships...
A view of the flares launched by China from Zamora (Subi) Reef against a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft during a maritime domain awareness flight within the territorial sea of Pag-asa (Thitu) Island on Aug. 22, 2024. (Photo: PCG) What Department...
FA-50 light fighter jets of the Philippine Air Force fly with a B-52H bomber aircraft of the United States Pacific Air Force for its first ever combined air patrol over the West Philippine Sea on February 19, 2024. (Photo by PAF) As China takes its aggression in the contested features in the West...
National Security Adviser Eduardo M. Año (File photo) The National Security Council (NSC) hailed on Monday, Aug. 12, the recent decision by the Court of Appeals (CA) dismissing the petition for writ of amparo and writ of habeas data filed by environmental activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila...
Cessna T-41 and SIAI-Marchetti SF 260 aircraft from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) form the number "77" during a formation flight in celebration of the PAF’s 77th anniversary on July 1, 2024 at the Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga. (Photo: PAF) The aerial and maritime patrols being...
Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel (Facebook) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is pushing for the realignment of funds from government programs that are considered “Duterte legacies” to education and social service programs. During the...
(Front to back) BRP Gregorio del Pilar, BRP Jose Rizal, and USS Gabriel Gaffords (LCS-10) conduct tactical maneuvers in WPS on Nov. 23, 2023 as part of the PH-US maritime cooperative activity (MCA). (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea...
