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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte remains steadfast in his commitment to speed up the development in communities that are still infested with the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines). As part of his efforts to counter insurgency, Duterte will visit Lucena, Quezon on Thursday to emphasize his administration's peace and development initiatives in Calabarzon, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Espero...

BUTUAN CITY - A total of PHP3.040 billion worth of projects under the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) are already approved for implementation in Caraga Region. The approved SBDP projects were presented by the Department of Interior and Local Government in Caraga (DILG-13) during the conduct of the one-day Summative Evaluation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday (Oct. 20) here. The activity also reported the significant accompli...

National Security Adviser and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Vice Chairman Hermogenes Esperon on Wednesday revealed “there are only three guerilla fronts remaining in Region 4A, two of which were already considerably weakened by the administration’s security forces.” He also announced the scheduled visit of…

BDP PROJECT. The PHP20.695 million worth of farm tractors received by seven of the 14 insurgency-cleared villages in Escalante City, Negros Occidental from the Barangay Development Program in rites held on October 11. "The program gives us the encouragement to live peaceful, productive and progressive lives. We take this opportunity to express our recognition for what the BDP has accomplished in uplifting communities nationwide," the barangay captains of the four recipient-villages sai...

PNP director for operations, Maj. Gen. Rhodel Sermonia (Screengrab from NTF ELCAC virtual presser) MANILA - The government continues to win the hearts and minds of Filipinos and is close to attaining "decisive victory" against communist insurgency through good governance and better services, an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday. "Halos abot-kamay na ang ating decisive victory. Marami na ang naniniwala sa programa ng ating pamahalaan. Kaya marami na ri...

GROUNDBREAKING. Government and military officials grace the groundbreaking of one of four Barangay Development Program projects in Zamboanga del Sur on Friday (Oct. 15, 2021).The road concreting works worth PHP20 million each are funded by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. (Photo courtesy of 53IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Zamboanga del Sur hasfourBarangay Development Program (BDP) projects, which are funded by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NT...

GROUNDBREAKING. Government and military officials grace the groundbreaking of one of four Barangay Development Program projects in Zamboanga del Sur on Friday (Oct. 15, 2021).The road concreting works worth PHP20 million each are funded by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. (Photo courtesy of 53IB) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Zamboanga del Sur hasfourBarangay Development Program (BDP) projects, which are funded by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NT...

BDP PROJECT TURN-OVER. Escalante City Mayor Melecio Yap Jr. (center) hands over the symbolic key to a village official during the turnover of farm tractors to the seven insurgency-cleared barangays in the northern Negros city on Monday (Oct. 11, 2021). The ceremony was also attended by Philippine Army officials, including Brig. Gen. Inocencio Pasaporte (2nd from right), commander of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Lt. Col. J-jay Javines, commanding officer of 79th Infantry Battalion (left); and Fatima D...

COMMUNITY SUPPORT PROGRAM. The Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) considers the community support program (CSP) as the ultimate weapon in defeating communist terrorism. Nolcom chief Lt. Gen. Arnulfo Marcelo B. Burgos Jr. said on Tuesday (Oct. 12, 2021) instead of focusing solely on military approach, they are addressing the issues that are exploited by the communist rebels to deceive the people and gain their support. (File photo courtesy of Nolcom) TARLAC CITY, Tarlac - The Northern Luzon Command ...

ANTI-INSURGENCY EFFORTS. Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of the Philippine Army's 3rd Infantry Division, commends the Barangay Development Program (BDP) in various insurgency-cleared villages. "The realization of the BDP manifests the sincerity of the government to end the decades-long insurgency in Negros. This is what the NTF-ELCAC is doing," he said in a statement on Tuesday (Oct. 12, 2021).(File photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - A top official of the...