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April 30, 2021 DEFUNDING the P19-billion budget of the National Task Force to end Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) will affect barangays who had fought to clear their communities from communist influence and insurgency, Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said Thursday, April 29. "We appeal to those who are calling to defund the Elcac to open their hearts and minds to the plea of our people. Defunding the [Elcac] would be a huge disservice to these barangays who f...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → April → 28 → NTF-ELCAC’s P19-B budget: Pork amid the pandemic? NTF-ELCAC’s P19-B budget: Pork amid the pandemic? Various groups protesting at the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) calling for the abolition of NTF-ELCAC. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat)Little did the NTF-ELCAC spokesperson know that her challenge to Non would backfire quicker than her red-tagging spurts on social media. The task force immediately ...

By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published April 27, 2021 6:36pm Contrary to the views of his colleagues, Senator Ronald Dela Rosa said defunding the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) was the "wrong move" as it would only benefit communist rebels. "Hindi ako sang-ayon doon na i-defund ang [NTF-ELCAC] dahil kung gagawin natin yun, alam mo kung sino makikinabang dyan? Ang [Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front],” Dela ...

By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published April 23, 2021 2:36pm Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday said he will ask the chamber’s leadership to compel the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to submit its quarterly report on the P19 billion anti-insurgency fund under the 2021 national budget. Drilon noted that the NTF-ELCAC is required to submit a report on these funds to both houses of Congress in accordance to a provision under the 2021 General...

Drilon wants full accounting of anti-insurgency funds The senate minority leader says that 2021 GAA provides authority to use anti-red funds for COVID-19 vaccination and ayuda Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon asked the Senate leadership to compel the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to submit a report on the use of P19 billion anti-insurgency funds, saying that the funds could be use "in aid of 2022 election." "Under the present Genera...

April 23, 2021 HOUSE Minority Leader Stephen Paduano is against the proposal to defund the P19-billion budget of the National Task Force to nd Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac). Paduano is even pushing for the increase of the budget, which is intended for the development of insurgency-cleared barangays all over the country. He said the P19-billion budget is “too small” to cover all barangays declared as insurgency-free. Western Visayas is getting P1.48 billion, includi...

Published March 17, 2021, 2:00 PM President Duterte will lead the claim of victory in areas that were freed from the clutches of the communist rebels in Eastern Visayas during his visit on Thursday, March 18, amid the apparent shift of the national government’s focus from drug war to the war against communist rebels. (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said the visit includes a dialogue with the beneficiaries of the Barangay Development Program (BDP), one...

Senator calls for lower loan interest rate on modern public transport A SENATOR asked transportation authorities to reduce the interest rate on loans for public vehicles procured under the modernization program to 4% from 6% to lessen the burden on operators and drivers. In a statement on Wednesday, Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the LandBank of the Philippines to cut the interest as the sector was hit hard by the pandemic. “If...

The government has kicked off a multibillion-peso Barangay Development Program aimed at implementing various support projects in barangays deemed cleared of communist rebels.

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (REY BANIQUET/Presidential Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Esperon, who also serves as the vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), said Salugpungan and Alcadev schools — most of which were established in Davao — were the “major sources” of NPA recruitment in the region. “Natutuwa ako na dito sa Mindanao, ‘yung major source of recruitment ay mukhang natanggal na natin. Ano ‘yun? Salugpu...