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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 Chair...

BUTUAN CITY - A total of PHP3.040 billion worth of projects under the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) are already approved for implementation in Caraga Region. The approved SBDP projects were presented by the Department of Interior and Local Government in Caraga (DILG-13) during the conduct of the one-day Summative Evaluation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday (Oct. 20) here. The activity also reported the significant accomplishments of the continuing efforts of the government in defeating the insurgency in the region from J...

National Security Adviser and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Vice Chairman Hermogenes Esperon on Wednesday revealed “there are only three guerilla fronts remaining in Region 4A, two of which were already considerably weakened by the administration’s security forces.” He also announced the scheduled visit of…

BDP PROJECT. The PHP20.695 million worth of farm tractors received by seven of the 14 insurgency-cleared villages in Escalante City, Negros Occidental from the Barangay Development Program in rites held on October 11. "The program gives us the encouragement to live peaceful, productive and progressive lives. We take this opportunity to express our recognition for what the BDP has accomplished in uplifting communities nationwide," the barangay captains of the four recipient-villages said in a statement on Tuesday (Oct. 19, 2021). (Photo courtesy of 79IB, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY ...

PNP director for operations, Maj. Gen. Rhodel Sermonia (Screengrab from NTF ELCAC virtual presser) MANILA - The government continues to win the hearts and minds of Filipinos and is close to attaining "decisive victory" against communist insurgency through good governance and better services, an official of the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday. "Halos abot-kamay na ang ating decisive victory. Marami na ang naniniwala sa programa ng ating pamahalaan. Kaya marami na rin ang sumusuko sa kanila (communist terrorist group). (Decisive victory is almost within our reach. ...