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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.(...

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN Mayor Melecio “Beboy” Yap has expressed his opposition to the attempt of some lawmakers to defund the National Task Force –Ending

MANILA - As local leaders nationwide continue to express their outrage and dismay over the move by senators to cut the budget of the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), three more governors and a mayor have voiced their concerns over the looming threat of the communist terrorist groups (CTGs) should these 2022 funds are denied. At the weekly virtual NTF-ELCAC press briefing Monday, Eastern Samar Governor Ben Evardone la...

NEW DEVELOPMENT. An area in Barangay San Miguel, Las Navas, Northern Samar, where the national government will build a farm-to-market road. Northern Samar province recently launched 35 subprojects under the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) in six villages previously influenced by the New People's Army. (Photo courtesy of DILG-Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - Northern Samar province has started 35 subprojects under the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) in six villages prev...

Communications Secretary Martin Andanar (File photo) MANILA - Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Monday said legislators' move to slash the proposed budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) will hamper development efforts in the countryside, especially in conflict-affected areas. In an interview, Andanar expressed his support for the Duterte Administration's anti-insurgency efforts, stressing that th...

APPEAL. Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang speaks during the virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) dubbed as "TAGGED: Debunking Lies by Telling the Truth" on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Dayanghirang said he was willing to face the Senate to convince lawmakers not to slash the budget of the NTF-ELCAC. (Screengrab from NTF-ELCAC) DAVAO CITY - Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said Monday he is willing to face the...

APPEAL. Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang speaks during the virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) dubbed as "TAGGED: Debunking Lies by Telling the Truth" on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021. Dayanghirang said he was willing to face the Senate to convince lawmakers not to slash the budget of the NTF-ELCAC. (Screengrab from NTF-ELCAC) DAVAO CITY - Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said Monday he is willing to face the...

FUNDING DEV'T PROGRAMS. Northern Samar Governor Edwin Ongchuan in this undated photo. Ongchuan on Friday (Nov. 19, 2021) called for a continued anti-insurgency drive through the development programs under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.(Photo courtesy of Northern Samar provincial government) TACLOBAN CITY - Northern Samar's provincial government has urged the central government to sustain the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-EL...

President Duterte will visit the MIMAROPA Region (Occidental and Oriental Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) on Thursday, Nov. 4, to witness the presentation of the peace and development initiatives of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). National Sec

The national government, through the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), announced on Wednesday that it has crushed communist guerillas in Region 4B, paving the way for multi-million-peso projects to thousands of barangays “liberated” from influence and threat of the New People’s Army (NPA). National Security…