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AFP Southern Luzon Command chief and NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. (PNA) Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Joel Villanueva, Nancy Binay, Grace Poe and Sherwin Gatchalian filed on Monday, April 26, Resolution No. 707 to ask the chamber to determine whether the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has so far been effective in its mandate and efficient in disbursing its funds. “We filed this resolution today to hold NTF-ELCAC accoun...

SunStar File April 22, 2021 ARMED Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Cirilito Sobejana said he has ordered the Civil Military Operations to organize humanitarian activities similar to the community pantry to help indigent families during this coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. He also planned to convince AFP personnel to donate their subsistence allowance for one day to the endeavor. In a virtual press conference on Thursday, April 22, 2021, Sobejana said the...

The claim refers to Senator Lacson’s sponsorship speech for Committee Report 186 about red-tagging, which doesn't state that the lawmakers in the Makabayan bloc are communist combatants

Published March 11, 2021 12:33pm Updated March 11, 2021 12:50pm Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr. has no intention to resign as spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) despite the recommendation of the Senate to remove him from the post. “Very good. Welcome ‘yan. Makes my job easier. But it’s just a recommendation and it’s the executive branch who will decide on it. It’s up to them,” Parlade said in a text message to Super...

Press Release De Lima denounces spate of arrests, killing of activists in Southern Tagalog Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has bewailed the rash of arrests and killing of activists in Southern Tagalog which happened two days after President Duterte ordered government forces to "kill" and "finish off" all communist rebels in the country. De Lima, a known human rights defender here and abroad, said that these intensifying attacks and disregard for human rights warrant the attention and condem...

(MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Senators Leila de Lima and Risa Hontiveros said the killing of nine activists in separate places—in the province of Rizal, Batangas and Cavite—warrant the attention and condemnation of the Filipino people and the international community. “Labor and community organizers are not combatants. This cowardly crackdown deserves only the strongest condemnation,” Hontiveros said in a statement. “There is no denying that this scale of violence, injustice and impunit...

March 7, 2021 https://bagongalyansangmakabayan.org/bayan-condemns-deadly-crackdown-of-activists-in-southern-luzon/ The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) condemns in the strongest possible terms the brutal and deadly crackdown on activists in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Rizal early morning today, March 7. The PNP has confirmed that 9 were arrested, six were killed, and six others “escaped” in simultaneous raids on offices and homes…

Sponsorship Speech for Committee Report 186 Red-Tagging and Red-Baiting by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson   How the government sets a balance between promoting civil liberties and protecting the security of the state defines the foundations of our democracy. Mr. President, distinguished colleagues of this venerable chamber, I have the honor to report the result of the public hearings, in aid of legislation, conducted by the Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconcil...

Published February 20, 2021, 4:59 PM TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – One-hundred fifty supporters and members of the New People’s Army (NPA) from Rizal and Sto. Nino, this province, have surrendered to the military. Northern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Arnulfo Marcelo B. Burgos Jr. said Saturday that this is a strong indication of the communist terrorists’ nearing defeat in Northern Luzon. The 150 surrenderers were composed of 72 Milisya ng Bayan from Barangays Masi, Bural, and San Juan in Ri...

Southern Luzon Command head Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr. (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) This was demanded by the members of the Concerned Lawyers for Civil Liberties (CLCL).  Among its members are former Vice President Jejomar Binay, former Sen. Rene Saguisag and former University of the Philippines Dean Pacifico Agabin. In a statement issued Sunday, Feb. 7, CLCL said: “We call for a stop to this wanton and unrestrained attack on the people through red-tagging that has led to the death...