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DUMAGUETE CITY, May 10 (PIA) -- The Negros Oriental Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NOTF ELCAC) is hoping that the country’s legislators in the Upper House would consider retaining the P16-billion budget of the National Task Force (NTF) ELCAC this year. In a recent media interview, NOTF ELCAC Chairperson Gov. Roel Degamo appealed to the senators to retain the budget for ELCAC for the benefit of the people living in communities affected by insurgency. Some senators have earlier called for the defunding of the 2021 ELCAC budget amid the issue of red-tagging in the National C...

Lacson: No Way Can NTF-ELCAC Abuse Funds for NPA-Cleared Barangays Some P9.699 billion has been released so far for the development of barangays that have been cleared of the influence of the New People's Army (NPA), but this - or the full P16.4-billion allocation for 2021 - cannot be "abused" by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson said. Lacson gave this assurance to fellow lawmakers who are asking to defund NTF-ELCAC, even as he stressed the amount would eventually be released to the local government units that will implement the ...

SunStar + May 06, 2021 THE Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTC-Elcac) in Western Visayas is asking for the support of senators for the barangay development program. The call was made as some senators opposed the program and even proposed its defunding. In a statement, Flosemer Chris Gonzales, spokesperson of the RTF-Elcac-Western Visayas, said the most effective way to end local communist armed conflict is to bring basic services and infrastructure projects to far-flung barangays. The National Task Force-Elcac has undertaken the task of bringing the muc...

RPOC1 supports Brgy Development Program Philippine Information Agency 06 May 2021, 00:38 GMT+10 SAN FERNANDO CITY, May 5 (PIA) - - The Regional Peace and Order Council in the Ilocos Region (RPOC1) led by La Union Governor Francisco Emmanuel R. Ortega III vows to support the Barangay Development Program (BDP) under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). In the recent episode of the Kapihan sa Ilocos of the Philippine Information Agency, Ortega said the council, as one body, backs up the BDP by issuing a manifesto of support. "Napakahalaga po na suportahan an...

endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, May 4) - Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Tuesday questioned the government's spending priorities amid the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the "hasty" release of over ₱10 billion to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). "Bakit po parang nagmadaling ilabas ang budget? Bakit yung pondo sa Marawi rehabilitation mabagal ang paglabas ng pondo? Saan po gagamitin itong ₱10.68 bilyon?" Drilon said in a statement. [Translation: Why is there a rush to release the budget? Why is the release of funds for Marawi rehabil...