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ROAD FOR PEACE. The ongoing farm-to-market road project in Las Navas, Northern Samar in this May 26, 2022 photo. The province of Northern Samar has just spent PHP14.44 million of the PHP120 million budget intended for the implementation of Barangay Development Program (BDP) in six villages previously threatened by the New People's Army. (Photo courtesy of Northern Samar provincial engineering office) TACLOBAN CITY - The province of Northern Samar spent only PHP14.44 million of the PHP120 mil...

(Photo courtesy of AFP) MANILA - The government's capability to address all aspects of the communist insurgency was greatly enhanced by the establishment of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Andres Centino said Tuesday. "When the NTF-ELCAC was established through EO (Executive Order Number) 70, it strengthened our collective effort addressing all facets of insurgency," he added in a statement....

ASSISTANCE. Former communist terrorist group supporters in Barangay San Jose in Licab town, Nueva Ecija province receive government livelihood assistance on Monday (June 20, 2022). The former members of the Communist Affiliated Mass Organization were awarded a mushroom production livelihood starter kit. (Photo courtesy of 7th Infantry Division, PA) BALER, Aurora - Former supporters of the New People's Army (NPA) in Barangay San Jose in Licab town, Nueva Ecija province have received governmen...

MUDDY ROAD. The muddy road in a remote village in Palapag, Northern Samar in this Oct. 29, 2021 photo. Land distribution and poor road networks were the two top issues raised by conflict-stricken communities in seven Northern Samar towns, the Philippine Army said Thursday (June 16, 2022).(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army 20th Infantry Battalion) TACLOBAN CITY - Land distribution and poor road networks are the two top issues raised by conflict-stricken communities in seven Northern Samar towns f...

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The statement of incoming National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos that she has had enough with “peace talks” with communist rebels,

President Duterte's leadership in government efforts to protect people's lives – one from a virus that caused a pandemic, and the other, from a terrorist attack that caused the five-month war in Marawi City – will be among the major highlights of his six-year presidency. President Duterte's s

BY GILBERY P. BAYORAN Eight insurgency-affected barangays of Isabela in Negros Occidental are recipients of P160 million worth infrastructure projects,

NEARING COMPLETION. Residents of Barangay Bulan-bulan in San Remigio, Antique pass by the remaining uncemented portion of the four-kilometer road from Barangay Aningalan on Wednesday (June 8, 2022). The road concreting project is now 70 percent completed.(PNA photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - The ongoing road concreting project covering a two-kilometer stretch of road connecting Barangays Aningalan and Bulan-bulan in the municipality of San Remigio in Anti...

The results of the recently concluded May 9 national elections revealed what looked like the generally waning support of the public to the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makabayan) bloc in Congress, and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) may have had a lot

BY GILBERT P. BAYORAN The Armed Forces of the Philippines has declared San Carlos City in Negros Occidental, which had hinterland barangays that used to