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ELCAC PROJECTS. Zamboanga del Sur Governor Victor Yu (2nd from right) leads the groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday (Oct. 30, 2021) for a PHP20-million development project in one of the two insurgency-cleared barangays in Guipos that will receive funding from the government. The projects to be carried out in Barangays Dalapan and Datagan are part of the Barangay Development Project, the flagship program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. (Photo courtesy of 53IB) ZA...

National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Around PHP500 million worth of Barangay Development Program (BDP) projects are now in the implementation stage in the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) Region which is scheduled to be visited by President Rodrigo R. Duterte on November 3. "Of the 822 barangay recipients for 2021, 25 are found in Mimaropa wherein a total of 109 BDP projects worth PHP500,000,000...

Zambo Sur far-flung village gets P20-M road concreting project

ROAD TO PROGRESS. Officials visit the remote village of Hitapian in Catubig, Northern Samar for an outreach activity in this Jan. 14, 2021 photo. The village is one of six former rebel-infested areas in Eastern Visayas identified as a recipient of Barangay Development Program. (Photo courtesy of DILG-8) TACLOBAN CITY - The province of Northern Samar has kicked off the development projects in six communities previously infiltrated by the New People's Army (NPA). The government earmarked PHP12...

MORE OPPORTUNITIES. The ongoing concreting of the Alimango-Lawis Road in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. The improvement of the village's farm-to-market road is funded through the Barangay Development Program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.(Photo courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - More opportunities await residents of Barangay Alimango in Escalante City, Negros Occidental with the improvement of the vill...

DILG Secretary Eduardo Ano (Presidential photo) MANILA - Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano said people from all walks of life now feel safer due to constant police presence and support programs provided by the government to communities, which resulted in a decline in the country's crime rate in the last five years. "Dahil din sa mga hakbanging ito ay bumaba ang dami ng krimen sa ating bansa ng 34 percent, at mga index crime ng 70 percent noong ...

MANILA - Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said the government security forces are not underestimating the capability of the "remaining few" of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) to regroup and launch atrocities in the country. This, after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte last week said there are now fewer NPA activities taking place since the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCA...

The Duterte administration will continue to carry out projects for conflict-affected areas and areas that were identified to have been freed from the influence of leftist groups. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar (Photo from PCOO Facebook) Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Sec

Communist armed group the New People's Army (NPA) is no longer relevant to Filipinos. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the joint meeting of the NTF-RTF ELCAC in Region IV-A in Lucena City, Quezon Province on Oct. 21, 2021 (Malacañang photo) Thus, declared President Duterte on Thursday

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said there are now fewer New People's Army (NPA) activities taking place since the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and its regional task forces to address armed conflicts at the local level. Duterte acknowledged that the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA (CPP-NPA) continues to perpetuate violence by killing soldiers, police, and civilians in the...