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DUMAGUETE CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The Negros Oriental Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NOTF ELCAC) is hoping that the country’s legislators in the Upper House would consider retaining the P16-billion budget of the National Task Force (NTF) ELCAC this year. In a recent media interview, NOTF ELCAC Chairperson Gov. Roel Degamo appealed to the senators to retain the budget for ELCAC for the benefit of the people living in communities affected by insurgency. Some senators have earli...

Lacson: No Way Can NTF-ELCAC Abuse Funds for NPA-Cleared Barangays Some P9.699 billion has been released so far for the development of barangays that have been cleared of the influence of the New Peoples Army (NPA), but this - or the full P16.4-billion allocation for 2021 - cannot be "abused" by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson said. Lacson gave this assurance to fellow lawmakers who are asking to defund NTF-ELCAC, even as he stre...

SunStar + May 06, 2021 THE Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTC-Elcac) in Western Visayas is asking for the support of senators for the barangay development program. The call was made as some senators opposed the program and even proposed its defunding. In a statement, Flosemer Chris Gonzales, spokesperson of the RTF-Elcac-Western Visayas, said the most effective way to end local communist armed conflict is to bring basic services and infrastructure projec...

RPOC1 supports Brgy Development Program Philippine Information Agency 06 May 2021, 00:38 GMT+10 SAN FERNANDO CITY, May 5 (PIA) - - The Regional Peace and Order Council in the Ilocos Region (RPOC1) led by La Union Governor Francisco Emmanuel R. Ortega III vows to support the Barangay Development Program (BDP) under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). In the recent episode of the Kapihan sa Ilocos of the Philippine Information Agency, Ortega said the council...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 4) - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday questioned the governments spending priorities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the "hasty" release of over ₱10 billion to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). "Bakit po parang nagmadaling ilabas ang budget? Bakit yung pondo sa Marawi rehabilitation mabagal ang paglabas ng pondo? Saan po gagamitin itong ₱10.68 bilyon?" Drilon said in a statement. [Tra...

May 4, 2021 Drilon questions speedy release of P10.6-B out of P19-B NTF-ELCAC fund amid calls to realign it to COVID-19 response Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon questioned the governments spending priorities amid the pandemic and criticized why the countrys controversial anti-insurgency program is given priority in the release of the budget amid tight government resources. Citing the data from the Department of Budget and Management, Drilon said the total fund releases for the Nationa...

Published May 4, 2021, 2:10 PM Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday, May 4 questioned the “speedy” release of P10.6-billion out of the P19-billion controversial budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). The move comes after majority of the lawmakers called for the realignment of the NTF-ELCAC’s fund to augment the government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response following criticisms against its red-tagging activities. The government’...

Leyte Representative Lucy Torres-Gomez on Monday appealed to lawmakers to reconsider proposals to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) warning such moves would reduce the government’s gains in the fight against local insurgency. Torres-Gomez proposed tha

LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato, May 1 (PIA) -- Under the guidance of the National Commission on

Published May 1, 2021, 3:18 PM National Security Adviser (NSA) Hermogenes Esperon Jr. challenged senators and congressmen on Saturday, May 1, to defund the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) if they want the national government’s anti-insurgency efforts to go to waste. Esperon, vice chairperson of the NTF-ELCAC, emphasized that nothing good will come out from the calls of several lawmakers to take back the task force’s budget for the Barangay Development P...