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DILG Secretary Eduardo Ano (Presidential photo) MANILA - Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano said people from all walks of life now feel safer due to constant police presence and support programs provided by the government to communities, which resulted in a decline in the country's crime rate in the last five years. "Dahil din sa mga hakbanging ito ay bumaba ang dami ng krimen sa ating bansa ng 34 percent, at mga index crime ng 70 percent noong 2020 kumpara sa taong 2016, at patuloy po itong bumababa ngayong taon. Kahit po sa survey, masasabi ...

MANILA - Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said the government security forces are not underestimating the capability of the "remaining few" of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) to regroup and launch atrocities in the country. This, after President Rodrigo Roa Duterte last week said there are now fewer NPA activities taking place since the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and its regional task forces. "The PNP agrees with President Duterte's assessment that w...

The Duterte administration will continue to carry out projects for conflict-affected areas and areas that were identified to have been freed from the influence of leftist groups. PCOO Secretary Martin Andanar (Photo from PCOO Facebook) Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Sec

Communist armed group the New People's Army (NPA) is no longer relevant to Filipinos. President Rodrigo Duterte speaks during the joint meeting of the NTF-RTF ELCAC in Region IV-A in Lucena City, Quezon Province on Oct. 21, 2021 (Malacañang photo) Thus, declared President Duterte on Thursday

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday said there are now fewer New People's Army (NPA) activities taking place since the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and its regional task forces to address armed conflicts at the local level. Duterte acknowledged that the Communist Party of the Philippines-NPA (CPP-NPA) continues to perpetuate violence by killing soldiers, police, and civilians in the country, but in "a very small scale" this time. "There has been really quite a reduc...