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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte remains steadfast in his commitment to speed up the development in communities that are still infested with the New People's Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines). As part of his efforts to counter insurgency, Duterte will visit Lucena, Quezon on Thursday to emphasize his administration's peace and development initiatives in Calabarzon, National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said in a press statement issued Wednesday. "President Rodrigo Duterte, who is also Chairman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), shall resume his visits to the different regions to fast-track the development of conflict-affected and geographically-isolated barangays," Esperon, who concurrently serves as NTF-ELCAC vice chairperson, said. The NTF-ELCAC has identified a total of 822 villages that have already been cleared of NPA influence. T

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