An irate Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Thursday ordered his department to file a diplomatic protest against China over the presence of 287 Chinese vessels in Philippine waters as earlier announced by the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS). Foreign Secretary...
A huge batch of Pfizer vaccines--over two million according to Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr.--is coming to the Philippines later this month. The first batch of Pfizer vaccines in the Philippines arrived on May 10, 2021. (Photo from Bureau of Customs) Galvez, National Task Force (NTF) Against...
Vaccine czar and National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 chief implementer, Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. has quelled public concern that around two million AstraZeneca vaccines might expire before they could get used in the government’s mass inoculation program against the coronavirus disease...
The second batch of Sputnik V vaccines from Russian manufacturer Gamaleya Research Institute arrived in the Philippines on Wednesday night, May 12. (Photo from NTF) (Photo from NTF) The Qatar Airways flight that carried the jabs touched down on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal...
The number of Chinese Maritime Militia (CMM) vessels spotted at the Julian Felipe Reef in the West Philippine Sea has increased to 34 based on the latest sovereignty patrol report, the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) disclosed on Wednesday, May 12. National Security...
Opposition senators on Tuesday questioned the designation of six more spokespersons for the administration’s National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Senator Risa Hontiveros said the performance of the anti-insurgency task force should not be dependent on the number...
Environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) has sided with the Nayong Pilipino Foundation (NPF) on the issue of whether or not a mega vaccination facility should be build on the latter’s property. A healthcare worker preparing to administer a COVID-19...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has distributed P10.68 billion or 65 percent of the total P16.44-billion fund alloted for the Barangay Development Program (BDP), a task force official announced Monday, May 10. NTF Vice Chairman and National Security Adviser...
A resolution seeking to commend community pantry organizer Ana Patricia Non and other volunteers in the food bank initiative nationwide has been filed in the Senate on Monday, May 10. People line up at the community pantry set up by 26-year-old Ana Patricia Non in Maginhawa Street, Quezon City....
Congress can call for a special audit of the funds of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said on Wednesday. Drilon on Tuesday questioned the “speedy” release of the government’s controversial anti-insurgency task...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) vowed to ensure transparency in the implementation of the P16.44 billion “Barangay Development Program’’ intended for 822 remote barangays already cleared from communist insurgency influence by government forces since 2019. In a...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, May 4 questioned the “speedy” release of P10.6-billion out of the P19-billion controversial budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The move comes after majority of the lawmakers called for the...
