National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. made a promise on Saturday, May 1, that he will look into the Senate's call for the removal of Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. as a spokesperson of the government's anti-insurgency task force. Senators Panfilo Lacson and Franklin Drilon have insisted...
Malacañang urged those who want Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. out of the government's anti-communist task force to file a quo warranto petition if they are confident that Parlade is not qualified to speak for the body. Shopee x Seagate Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque made the statement following...
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday, April 28, called on President Duterte to certify as urgent the bill that would criminalize red-tagging. Senate Minority Leader Frankiln Drilon (MANILA BULLETIN/Czar Dancel) Drilon said it is "imperative" that Duterte endorse the approval of his...
Officials of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) might also have to face lawmakers at the House of Representatives to defend its use of its P19-billion budget amid criticisms on its red-tagging activities against community pantry volunteers. House of...
Malacañang is leaving the decision to the government’s counter-insurgency task force whether or not its spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. should be sacked from his post over his controversial remarks on community pantries and senators. Noting that President Duterte “does not...
Fifteen senators on Tuesday, April 27, have filed the resolution which seeks to censure National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. for his "disrespectful and derogatory" remarks against members of the Senate following their call...
Five senators have called for a Senate inquiry to look into the performance of the government's anti-insurgency task force and its utilization of its P19-billion budget this year. AFP Southern Luzon Command chief and NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. (PNA) Senate President Pro...
Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy has no right to call for an accounting of donations in community pantries as these, unlike government funds, are private initiatives, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said on Monday, April 26. Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine...
More than half of the 24-member Senate have signed the draft resolution seeking to censure Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr., the controversial spokesperson of the government's anti-insurgency task force, for supposedly insulting the senators. Senate President Vicente Sotto III (Office of Sen....
Malacañang stands with the National Security Adviser’s (NSA) gag order on National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokespersons Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade and Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy who have both come under fire for comments red-tagging the...
So who's telling the truth? Officials of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) have issued contradicting statements about the censorship of its spokespersons due to the "red-tagging" of community pantries. Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO)...
A temporary ‘’gag order’’ by the military leadership on controversial Lt. General Antonio Parlade Jr. is not the appropriate response to the calls against his attacks to community pantry organizers and lawmakers, Senator Panfio M. Lacson on Monday, April 26, said. AFP Southern Luzon Command...
