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National Security Adviser andNTF-ELCACvice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Sunday expressed its disappointment over the decision of the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) to acquit communist group leaders for their role in the Inopacan Massacre which took place in the 1980s. "We are deeply saddened and dismayed with the news that the Manila RTC Branch 32, under Presiding Judge Thelma Bunyi-Medina, has granted ...

National Security Adviser andNTF-ELCACvice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo) MANILA- An official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Sunday said despite the acquittal of 15 of 40 communist leaders and members, the grim fate suffered by Inopacan massacre victims in the evil hands of Jose Maria Sison and his co-defendants remains. Secretary Hermogenes Esperon, Jr., vice-chairperson of NTF-ELCAC, expressed disappointment to the decision of the Man...

NDF peace consultants, designated terrorists under the feared law, are also cleared in the purge case

The House of Representatives on Wednesday ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the budget bill proposing P5.024 trillion for fiscal year 2022.

The House of Representatives ratified on Wednesday, Dec. 15 the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed 2022 General Appropriations Act allocating P5.024-trillion for national expenditures next year. HOR plenary pandemic Ratification came on the last session day for the year, with

“Provide a comprehensive plan to control the pandemic. Vaccination is merely part of it, it is just one step. It is not a substitute for testing, contact tracing, and the allotment of enough facilities for isolation and quarantine, and in providing a cure.”

Moneyed candidates, particularly those aspiring for president and vice president, should be stopped from using their huge financial resources and those of supporters bankrolling their candidacy to engage in premature campaigning. Makabayan Bloc Bayan Muna lawmakers aired this call as they filed

“In an electoral atmosphere when rules that supposedly uphold fair play are ineffective, poor candidates and poor party-list groups are practically withered away and left far behind from the race, by the visibility of the rich political dynasties and candidates,” the lawmakers said.“Since 2009, moneyed candidates have been able to launch their electoral campaign without violating the law, even before the start of the campaign period. This practice was brought about ...

Lawmakers from the Bayan Muna party-list on Tuesday filed a resolution calling for a probe by the House of Representatives into the central bank's decision to remove the portraits of three World War II heroes from the P1,000 bill.

(1st UPDATE) Some candidates are making the appeal to obtain a verified badge on their YouTube channels, while the Comelec says it will work with the streaming giant to make verification easier