Malacañang has adopted the National Action Plan for Unity, Peace, and Development (NAP-UPD) 2025–2028 as the government’s strategic blueprint for promoting sustainable peace and addressing insurgency in the country.In issuing Memorandum Circular No. 83, signed by Executive Secretary Lucas...
NTF-ELCAC Executive Director Usec. Ernesto Torres Jr. (Courtesy of RTVM)The National Task Force to End Local Communist Program (NTF-ELCAC) recommended to President Marcos Jr. on Wednesday, March 26, the inclusion of 280 barangays that were cleared of influence and threat from local terrorist groups...
BUTUAN CITY – The Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict in the Caraga region has declared the provinces of Surigao del Norte and Dinagat Islands as insurgency-free, the Police Regional Office-13 said.ABRAHANO (FB)“Yes, Surigao del Norte and Province of Dinagat Islands are now...
(Courtesy of 2nd Infantry Division, Philippine Army)A suspected communist rebel died after the Philippine Army (PA) and New People’s Army (NPA) engaged in an armed encounter in Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro on Friday, March 14.Elements of the Army’s 4th Infantry Battalion under the 2nd Infantry...
Myrna Sularte alias "Maria Malaya" (File photo)The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is optimistic that the death of top New People’s Army (NPA) leader Myrna Sularte, alias “Maria Malaya”, will finally free communities from the scourge of insurgency.AFP Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr....
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of the Philippines (COCOPEA), an umbrella organization of around 1,500 private schools across the country, has withdrawn from being a member of the executive...
Participants to the 1st Colloquium on the Prevention of Terror-Grooming and Violent Extremism pose for a snap during the culmination of the event aimed at tackling the vulnerability of Filipino youth to violent extremism, Nov. 11, 2024, in Quezon City. The seminar was spearheaded by the National...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. reported a significant reduction in Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) forces, with insurgent fighters dropping to 1,111 from 2,200 last year, and their firearms cache reduced by about 1,000...
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...
President Marcos declared Misamis Occidental as now “insurgency-free,” but he also asked for vigilance against “emerging threats” and called on local authorities “to thwart any posturing or coming back of terrorist groups.” President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. delivers his...
President Marcos has asked the government units of Misamis Occidental to prevent terrorist groups and their supporters from coming back to the newly-declared insurgency-free province.President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of PPA/Yummie Dingding)Marcos ordered the local government...
Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. (middle) speaks about the status of insurgency in Mindanao during the Kapihan sa Manila Hotel media forum on Sept. 4, 2024. With him are the hosts, former senator Atty. Joey Lina (left) and...
