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NTF-ELCAC Director: BDP budget doubles to P10B

An anti-personnel mine allegedly planted by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels exploded in Catubig, Northern Samar on Tuesday, July 19, killing a soldier and injuring five others who were on a community support program (CSP) that was supposed to bring development to a remote barangay. (File photo)

SITE OF LATEST ATTACK. The map of Catubig, Northern Samar, where rebels detonated banned mines on July 19, 2022. The Philippine Army said on Wednesday (July 20) the attack is an attempt to delay the implementation of development projects in the remote village.(Google image) TACLOBAN CITY - The detonation of anti-personnel mines in Northern Samar is a manifestation of the New People's Army's (NPA) opposition to the implementation of the Barangay Development Program (BDP), an official of t...

TACLOBAN CITY -- A soldier was killed, while five others were injured in a mine blast allegedly perpetrated by the New People’s Army on Tuesday morning, July 19, in Catubig, Northern Samar. The communist rebels allegedly used anti-personnel mines against the troops belonging to the 20th Infantry B

Landmine attack kills soldier, injures five others anew

DAVAO CITY - The Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Youth Organization (MIPYO) said the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) program of the Duterte administration gave tribal communities the hope to survive and attain peace. Jessa Mae Crisostomo, the spokesperson of MIPYO, said they are hoping for the continuation of the NTF-ELCAC that served as the needed catalyst for Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in rural areas to be informed, gain access to basic services, and be free fro...

AFP hopes Davao Region to be insurgency-free soon

Outgoing Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has cherished every moment of his life as President Duterte's go-to person in matters related to the country's defense and security. (Photo courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) Lorenzana said that he has "no regrets

STORMED. Personal items and subversive documents seized by troops of the Army's 79th Infantry Battalion after they overran a rebels' lair in Sitio Tinibyangan, Barangay Minapasuk, Calatrava, Negros Occidental on Wednesday (June 22, 2022). The military vowed to render the group irrelevant in northern Negros.(Photo courtesy of 79th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - The Philippine Army seized another lair of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP...

ROAD FOR PEACE. The ongoing construction of access road to the remote village of San Miguel in Las Navas, Northern Samar. This is one of the projects under the Barangay Development Program designed to end insurgency. (Photo courtesy of Northern Samar provincial engineering office) TACLOBAN CITY - The New People's Army (NPA) in Northern Samar has lost its source of food and funds with the initial implementation of Barangay Development Program (BDP) in six remote communities, a top official of...