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National Security Adviser and NTF ELCAC vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo) MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) will make do with the PHP17.1 billion budget allocation it received for its Barangay Development Program (BDP) next year, an official said on Monday. National Security Adviser and NTF ELCAC vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. attributed the reduction to the opposition of some lawmakers regarding the BDP's 2022 budget which was...

Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (File photo) MANILA - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go said he supports sufficient budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), saying the task force's role towards long-lasting peace and development must be sustained and pursued further. Go, a member of the bicameral conference committee for the 2022 General Appropriations bill, urged fellow lawmakers to ensure that the NTF-ELCAC will have the necessary ...

Senator Christopher "Bong" Go (File photo) MANILA - Senator Christopher "Bong" Go said he supports sufficient budget for the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), saying the task force's role towards long-lasting peace and development must be sustained and pursued further. Go, a member of the bicameral conference committee for the 2022 General Appropriations bill, urged fellow lawmakers to ensure that the NTF-ELCAC will have the necessary ...

(File photo) MANILA - Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief, Lt. Gen. Andres Centino, clarified that the budget allocated for the Barangay Development Program (BDP) of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) will not be used for security operations. "The funds for the NTF ELCAC is actually the BDP, this is intended not for operations, not for security operations," he said in an interview with CNN Philippines on Sunday night. Under the BDP, commun...

Sustainable livelihood programs are key to an effective pandemic recovery – Legarda Three-term Senator and Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda today called for more budgetary support for livelihood programs of the government for the marginalized sectors amid this pandemic.

National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Around PHP500 million worth of Barangay Development Program (BDP) projects are now in the implementation stage in the Mimaropa (Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon, and Palawan) Region which is scheduled to be visited by President Rodrigo R. Duterte on November 3. "Of the 822 barangay recipients for 2021, 25 are found in Mimaropa wherein a total of 109 BDP projects worth PHP500,000,000...

Agriculture Ministry announces new Food Security and Livelihood Programs to assist farmers in the current financial year