The Philippine government asked United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Dr. Ian Fry to engage in a “genuine dialogue” with the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after he suggested that the task force be abolished. UN Special Rapporteur Ian Fry with Philippine...
The visiting United Nations (UN) rapporteur should not tell the Philippine government what to do with its National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla declared on Wednesday, Nov. 15. “Internal mechanism...
National Security Adviser Eduardo M. Año (File photo) National Security Adviser Eduardo M. Año called out a United Nations expert who reportedly recommended for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) based on allegations of violations against...
Filipino and Chinese vessels engaged in a heated confrontation anew during another resupply mission in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Friday, Nov. 10, with the hostilities reaching its climax when a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship deployed a water cannon against a much...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte defended her controversial multi-million confidential funds, insisting instead that anyone against it is against peace and order and becomes an enemy of the state. Vice President Sara Duterte delivers a speech at the 122nd anniversary celebration...
The Philippine Army (PA) said it respects the decision of two environmental activists who surfaced two weeks ago after going missing in Bataan to file protective writs against military and police officials and several other government officials for their alleged abduction. Col. Xerxes Trinidad, PA...
The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB)has has declared retired Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. and former Presidential Communications undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy guilty in an administrative complaint and reprimanded them for "red-tagging" the National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL), a group...
The two environment activists who revealed that they were allegedly abducted by the military in Orion, Bataan on Sept. 2 may be charged for perjury, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said on Wednesday, Sept. 20. NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Jonathan Malaya...
(Courtesy of College Editors Guild of the Philippines) Officials of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) were “appalled” and “deeply saddened” by a shocking turn of events when two environment activists who were earlier reported missing were presented to...
A group of human rights lawyers expressed its support to the P2 million damage suit filed by journalist Alfonso Tomas “Atom” P. Araullo against former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lorraine Marie T. Badoy-Partosa and television host Jeffrey...
Journalist Atom P. Araullo on Monday, Sept. 11, filed a P2 million civil suit against former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lorraine Marie T. Badoy-Partosa and television host Jeffrey “Ka Eric” L. Celiz for allegedly “red-tagging" him and...
A China Coast Guard vessel fires water cannon at a Philippine Coast Guard vessel during a rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin Shoal in Kalayaan Island Group, Palawan on Aug. 5, 2023. (Photo: PCG) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) successfully conducted another rotation and...
