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...
Another leader of the House of Representatives has joined the calls against the red-tagging and reported profiling of organizers of community pantries. House deputy speaker and Cagayan de Oro City Representative Rufus Rodriguez said Tuesday, April 27, that he filed a resolution asking the...
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...
Sandara Park debuted her new look on social media recently. The singer did so sharing a selfie showcasing her new, short hairstyle captioning the post simply with a heart. View this post on Instagram It was a hit among fans. As of this writing, the post has garnered almost 500, 000 likes. Some of...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Monday, April 26, admitted he was among the senators who voted in favor of the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), a presidential task force established to provide a whole-of-nation approach to combat insurgency....
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...
Opposition Senator Francis Pangilinan said the failure to discipline a high ranking military official who is unable to control his tongue despite admonitions from his superiors is damaging the image and reputation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as a highly disciplined, professional...
Senate President Vicente Sotto III told his fellow lawmakers to look at the implementation and success of the government's anti-insurgency programs, and not the officials involved, before deciding to slash its funds. AFP Southern Luzon Command chief and NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) should censure National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade. Jr. for conduct unbecoming of an officer and for violating civilian supremacy over the military. “Respect and obedience to the...
