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MORE OPPORTUNITIES. The ongoing concreting of the Alimango-Lawis Road in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. The improvement of the village's farm-to-market road is funded through the Barangay Development Program of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.(Photo courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY - More opportunities await residents of Barangay Alimango in Escalante City, Negros Occidental with the improvement of the vill...

BDP PROJECT. The PHP20.695 million worth of farm tractors received by seven of the 14 insurgency-cleared villages in Escalante City, Negros Occidental from the Barangay Development Program in rites held on October 11. "The program gives us the encouragement to live peaceful, productive and progressive lives. We take this opportunity to express our recognition for what the BDP has accomplished in uplifting communities nationwide," the barangay captains of the four recipient-villages sai...

ANTI-INSURGENCY EFFORTS. Maj. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, commander of the Philippine Army's 3rd Infantry Division, commends the Barangay Development Program (BDP) in various insurgency-cleared villages. "The realization of the BDP manifests the sincerity of the government to end the decades-long insurgency in Negros. This is what the NTF-ELCAC is doing," he said in a statement on Tuesday (Oct. 12, 2021).(File photo courtesy of PIO Negros Occidental) BACOLOD CITY - A top official of the...

TRAINED. Barangay Public Safety Officers in Veterans Village, Quezon City attend Day 2 of the three-day skills enhancement training on Sept. 29, 2021. The training is divided into batches as Covid-19 safety protocols limit the number of people that may attend the sessions. (Photo courtesy of Vetville Kyusi Facebook) MANILA - Barangay Public Safety Officers (BPSO), otherwise known as "tanod" (watchmen), in Quezon City are undergoing skills training to better do their jobs, especially am...

Military foils rebel attack in Northern Samar

Press Release Q: on NTF-ELCAC SFMD: Last year they said there are 822 barangays that were cleared of insurgency and next year there will be a total of 2,220, so if you deduct the 822, which were previously funded, you will get a balance of 1,398 cleared barangays. At P20 million each, my estimate is there is roughly P28 billion that they will be asking for. That is why I estimated last June that given these statements by the DILG about the cleared barangays, I estimated that they will ask for P...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 22) — The countrys budget deficit reached ₱200.3 billion in May, slightly narrower than last years tally but the widest since December, data from the Treasury Bureau published Tuesday revealed. The latest figure is 0.91% lower than the ₱202.1 billion logged in May 2020. However, it is the largest recorded since December, where the fiscal deficit ballooned to ₱302.6 billion. The Treasury noted the deficits recent marginal narrowing comes as ...

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...

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’...

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...