President Marcos is confident that his administration will be able to put an end to the local communist armed conflict in Eastern Visayas before his term ends, saying the government has been successful in dismantling armed groups. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Malacañang photo) In an...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has no plans to dismantle the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) as he is committed to end the country's five-decades-old problem on communist insurgency. (National Security Council Asst. Director-General Jonathan...
PALO, Leyte – As proof that the government fully supports the campaign to end the communist insurgency in Eastern Visayas, 1,000 soldiers from the 74th Infantry Unbeatable Battalion and 42nd Infantry "Tagapagtanggol" Battalion were welcomed by the 8th Infantry Division on Monday, Feb. 20....
CATBALOGAN CITY – A company of elite Scout Rangers who saw in action in the Battle for Marawi in 2017 was deployed in Eastern Visayas to combat the New People’s Army. These additional troops from the 4th Scout Ranger "Masigasig" Battalion (4SRBn) were deployed to the 8th Infantry...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday apologized to critics of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) after he made remarks calling them “bwisit” saying he was just venting his frustration during an interview on Sunday morning. “Kahapon na-bwisit...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Sunday defended the Senate Committee on Finance’s decision to slash the budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in 2022 as he took exception to Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s tirades against those who...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) expressed its support to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) following recent calls to cut the budget and defund the anti-insurgency task force. TESDA SECRETARY ISIDRO LAPEÑA (MANILA BULLETIN) In...
Presidential aspirant Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Sunday, Nov. 14 assured he would not support any funding cut in the budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Go, who is seeking the presidency in the upcoming May 2022 elections, reaffirmed his...
Senate Finance Committee chief Senator Sonny Angara on Friday said it is still too early to say whether or not the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) should be abolished. “I think it’s way too early to make that judgment for the NTF-ELCAC. (It) only started to...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday urged newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Lt. Gen. Dionardo Carlos to review the PNP’s use of its anti-insurgency funds. Drilon challenged the incoming PNP leadership as he finds it suspicious that the PNP conducted about 13...
Senator Sonny Angara on Thursday, Nov. 11 rejected insinuations made by a colleague that the Senate could be seen as a supporter of the New Peoples’ Army (NPA) if the funding for the government’s anti-insurgency task force would suffer drastic cuts. Angara, during the continuation of the...
Opposition Senator Leila de Lima has urged Congress to look into the reported removal of books, pamphlets, research work or any reading material considered by the government as “subversive” from the libraries of state universities. In filing Senate Resolution No. 933, De Lima emphasized the...
