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Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (File photo) MANILA - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go said he supports sufficient budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), saying the task force's role towards long-lasting peace and development must be sustained and pursued further. Go, a member of the bicameral conference committee for the 2022 General Appropriations bill, urged fellow lawmakers to ensure that the NTF-ELCAC will have the necessary ...

Under Duterte, red-tagging is used as a weapon to silence dissent and as justification for human rights abuses.

MANILA - The resounding pleas of local officials to reinstate the PHP28.1-billion budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has gained ground, as it continues to change the perceptions of many legislators especially those in the 2022 Congressional Bicameral Conference Committee (bicam). Before the 2022 Bicam, Senate Finance Committee chairman Senator Sonny Angara was already convinced that the NTF-ELCAC budget, especially its flagship program, the Barang...

Calatrava barangay officials warned vs rebels tactics

(File photo) MANILA - Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief, Lt. Gen. Andres Centino, clarified that the budget allocated for the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) will not be used for security operations. "The funds for the NTF ELCAC is actually the BDP, this is intended not for operations, not for security operations," he said in an interview with CNN Philippines on Sunday night. Under the BDP, commun...

UPDATES. Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar (left) interviews Maj. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., commander of the 4th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, during the CORDS X podcast on Saturday (Dec. 4, 2021). Brawner gave updates on the Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict and Support to Barangay Development Program in Northern Mindanao. (CORDS X screenshot) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - An official of the 4th Infantry Division (4ID) of the Philip...

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday enjoined local chief executives to work with the national government in ensuring coordinated efforts in fighting the communist insurgency. He made this call in a meeting with officials of the National Task Force-Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-RTF-ELCAC) at the Garden Orchid Hotel in Zamboanga City. "I call on the local chief executives of the Zamboanga Peninsula to harmo...

National Security AdviserHermogenes Esperon Jr., (Screengrab from Laging Handa briefing) MANILA - The country's national security adviser on Wednesday maintained that the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has nothing to do with politics and is only aimed at providing support to communities freed from the influence of the communist movement. "Walang politika to, it's all about ending the local communist arm...

ILOILO CITY - The Western Visayas Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF6-ELCAC) has condemned the "malicious and irresponsible verbal tirade" of senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares against the national agency. RTF6-ELCAC spokesperson and Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, Flosemer Chris Gonzales, on Monday said Colmenares has no idea on the nature and functions of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Colmenaras labeled the NTF -ELCAC...

Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Flosemer Chris Gonzales (PNA File photo) ILOILO CITY - The Western Visayas Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF6-ELCAC) on Monday condemned the "malicious and irresponsible verbal tirade" of senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares against the national agency. RTF6-ELCAC spokesperson and Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Flosemer Chris Gonzales said Colmenares has no idea on the nature and functions of the National Task Force to End Local Comm...