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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Mar. 5 (PIA)—Enumerating assistance to rebel members who will return to the fold of the law, President Rodrigo Duterte said the government targets to end local communist armed conflict in attaining lasting peace.“Mangapo nalang ko sa tuhod naa lang gihapon mo (mga...

Director Raymundo Agravante of DOLE XII (right) shows the certificates of organization and good standing for organized groups in Barangay Banayal, Tulunan to Cotabato Gov. Nancy Catamco and other local officials. Last week, 26 workers in Banayal received livelihood assistance worth more than P600,000 from DOLE XII. TULUNAN, Cotabato, Mar. 3 (PIA) - At least 26 vulnerable workers in Barangay Banayal, Tulunan received a total of P646,516 livelihood assistance from the  Department of Labor and Em...

DAVAO CITY, Feb. 22 (PIA) - The Barangay Development Program (BDP) aims to be a complement to the improving peace and order in the region this according to National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon. In his statement Sec. Esperon said the BDP, a program under the National Task Force-Ending Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) addresses the issues which are commonly exploited by the New Peoples Army such as poverty and lack of livelihood opportunities. He said that Davao Region with its ...

By JULIA MARI ORNEDO, GMA News Published February 23, 2021 6:09pm Police Regional Office XI chief Police Brigadier General Filmore Escobal on Tuesday defended the inclusion of Davao City in the barangay development program of the anti-insurgency council with an allocation of P1.6 billion. In a press conference, Escobal said the inclusion of Davao City in the BDP is due to the presence of armed rebel groups in the Davao Region that are supposedly threatening the city. “Itong funding na ...

Published February 21, 2021, 12:37 PM When Communist rebels waged a series of attacks in the middle of peace negotiations during the early years of the present administration, the then peace pact optimist President Duterte immediately cancelled all confidence-building measures with them—not even the traditional Holiday truce was honored. National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (REY BANIQUET/Presidential Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Instead, security officials focused on aggressive milita...

By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published February 21, 2021 2:09pm National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. once again defended the inclusion of Davao City in the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the anti-insurgency council with an allocation of P1.6 billion. In making his point for Davao Citys inclusion in the BDP, Esperon cited  economic activities, size of landmass, rural areas, and the presence of armed rebel groups in Davao Region that is supposedly threatening the city. �...

With 822 former New People’s Army (NPA) guerrilla bases cleared of communists and turned into progressive communities through the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), the same development efforts will be replicated in Bicol,

Bayan Muna Representative Ferdinand Gaite on Sunday called out the allocation of the anti-insurgency task force’s budget for Davao City, expressing doubts the area is infiltrated by armed communist  rebels.

Organizing beneficiaries of government programs, such as the resiudents of Sitio Blit and Sitio Tasaday in Baranagy Ned, should formally form organization not only to gain legal identity but more especially to earn eligibility to apply for livelihood assistance from DOLE and other agencies, DOLE ARD Arlene Bisnon said.  LAKE SEBU, South Cotabato, Feb. 4 (PIA) --  The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 12 encouraged  beneficiaries of government initiatives in Sitio Blit, Barangay Ned, ...

Supplemental vaccination A child receives oral polio vaccine in Antique province on February 1, the start of the government’s month-long supplemental immunization program for measles-rubella and polio. The vaccination program, intended for children 0-59 months, is under the Department of Health (DoH) and implemented by the local government health units. Hataman pushes for Marawi compensation bill HOUSE Deputy Speaker and Basilan Rep. Mujiv S. Hataman called for the immediate passage of the b...