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ABANDONING NPA. The 186 supporters of the New People's Army (NPA) during a mass surrender in Carigara, Leyte on Nov. 26, 2021. These surrenderers are from the town's 10 villages. (PNA file photo) MANILA - Over 20,000 people linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) have surrendered and abandoned the local armed struggle through the effective whole-of-nation approach of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Arme...

NTF-ELCAC Spokesperson for Sectoral Concerns Lorraine Marie Badoy (File photo) MANILA - The government's anti-insurgency task force on Sunday expressed gratitude to Vice President Leni Robredo for supporting its mandate, especially efforts to bring development to former conflict-ridden communities. On Friday, Robredo, who previously called for the abolition of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), said she supports its mandate but the "careless"...

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Regional Task Force 6- Ending Local Armed Communist Conflict (RTF6-ELCAC) yesterday slammed former Bayan Muna partylist Rep.

DAVAO CITY -- The province of Davao Oriental is getting closer to its goal of being declared insurgency-free, officials declared Friday following recent breakthroughs in peace and security. In a statement, Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said he was pleased to see that the provincial government was finally beginning to reap the rewards of its efforts and sacrifices in the fight against the communist insurgency. "It has been a long time that we had suffered from the horrors of the armed conflic...

DAVAO CITY -- The province of Davao Oriental is getting closer to its goal of being declared insurgency-free, officials declared Friday following recent breakthroughs in peace and security. In a statement, Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said he was pleased to see that the provincial government is finally beginning to reap the rewards of its efforts and sacrifices in the fight against the communist insurgency. "It has been a long time that we had suffered from the horrors of the armed conflict...

DAVAO CITY -- The province of Davao Oriental is getting closer to its goal of being declared insurgency-free, officials declared Friday following recent breakthroughs in peace and security. In a statement, Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said he was pleased to see that the provincial government was finally beginning to reap the rewards of its efforts and sacrifices in the fight against the communist insurgency. "It has been a long time that we had suffered from the horrors of the armed conflic...

SUPPORT FOR BDP. Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. of Escalante City, Negros Occidental defends the budget for the Barangay Development Program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, which has benefited 14 insurgency-cleared villages in his city. "I challenge all those legislators who want to defund the NTF-ELCAC, the PHP280 million is with us. You can come here, you can scrutinize these projects," Yap said in a video message posted by the Philippine Army's 3rd Infan...

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte, 303rd Infantry Brigade commander, DILG provincial director Roselyn Quintana and Mayor Renato Gustilo

GROUNDBREAKING. San Carlos City Mayor Renato Gustilo and First District Rep. Gerardo Valmayor Jr., together with the Department of the Interior and Local Government and Philippine Army officials, lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the Barangay Quezon concrete access road on Tuesday (Nov. 23, 2021). Construction of the road project, funded under the Barangay Development Program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, is expected to start in the first week of December.(...

REGISTERED CENTENARIANS. Apo Sabas, 116, in traditional tribal costume, meets with North Cotabato Governor Nancy Catamco (right in white) during the Barangayan Serbisyo Caravan of the provincial government in remote Barangay Kulaman Valley, Arakan on Tuesday (Nov. 23). where he availed of the late birth registration service. Another centenarian, 112-year-old Apo Andaiz of Barangay San Miguel also availed of the same service last November 18 in the same town. (Photos courtesy of North Cotabato PI...