Senator Panfilo Lacson on Saturday, August 7, stood by his claim that the Philippine National Police (PNP) is engaged in "illegal" data gathering activities using the government's anti-insurgency funds, saying he cannot just disregard reports from field officers themselves. Senator Panfilo Lacson...
A double whammy of adverse audit observations received by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has elicited for the agency strong criticisms coming from a youth partylist organization in the House of Representatives. 2DFB8829-8307-438F-8979-726B0F01E16D_4_5005_c The Kabataan...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) belied allegations Friday, Aug. 6, that it has been misusing the multi-million peso fund of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to conduct census in different barangays nationwide. Philippine National Police Chief, General...
The National Task Force Against COVID-19 will conduct an investigation of the alleged initiative to “sabotage” the government’s vaccination drive. People flock outside Las Piñas Medical Hospital on Aug. 5, 2021 for a scheduled coronavirus vaccination. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) NTF deputy...
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque defended the government's funding for its anti-communist task force, saying the money was for programs that help solve communist insurgency in the country. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque and Vice President Leni Robredo (Manila Bulletin File Photos) Roque made...
Vice President Leni Robredo said the release of the funds for the government's anti-communist insurgency task force should be suspended and instead be used to fund the cash assistance program for families who will be affected by the two-week enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila ....
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday expressed her support to Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon’s call for the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a special audit of the funds allocated to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). De Lima said a...
The national government has surpassed at an impressive speed its target for this month to inoculate 700,000 doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). An airport employee takes a selfie while receiving a coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination site established at the Ninoy Aquino...
Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu Mayor Junard Chan displayed not just mere innovation, but political will in ordering a "no vaccine, no entry" policy on local establishments, including shopping malls and grocery stores. A vaccinator prepares to administer a COVID-19 shot. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) denounced Tuesday, August 3, ambush of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Samar on the convoy of health workers and the police on their way to Leyte to pick-up coronavirus...
Exactly five months since the inoculation program began, only 12.87 percent out of the more than 70 million targeted eligible population have so far been fully vaccinated, raising questions if the national government can achieve its goal of achieving herd immunity by the end of 2021. An airport...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday, August 2, scored the Duterte administration’s plan to double the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to P40-billion in the upcoming deliberations of the proposed 2022 national budget saying the...
