Published April 25, 2021, 3:36 PM Leaders of opposition and administration blocs in the House of Representatives are not buying the gag order imposed on spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) as a way of sparing the agency from getting defunded. Deputy Speaker and Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. and Asst. Minority Leader and Gabriela Partylist Rep. Arlene Brosas want the remaining balance of the P19-billion of NTF-ELCAC re-allocated to various financial support programs for Filipinos who have continued to absorbed the economic impact of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Brosas said the gag order imposed on NTF-ELCAC spokespersons Gen. Antonio Perlade and Lorraine Badoy is not enough to stop the “dangerous red-tagging spree” that the two officials have conducted against various personalities, including community pantry organizers.
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Published January 26, 2021, 12:10 PM Former government peace panel chairman and former Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) president Alexander Padilla and 26 other persons are considering taking legal action against the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for erroneously listing them as among University of the Philippines (UP) alumni who joined the New People’s Army (NPA) and have either died or captured. Former government peace panel chairman and former Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) president Alexander Padilla (Marlon Sison / GPH-CPP/NPA/NDF Peace Talks website / MANILA BULLETIN) “We have been talking among ourselves, the group, and our lawyers,” said Padilla during an interview over CNN Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 26.