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April 30, 2021 DEFUNDING the P19-billion budget of the National Task Force to end Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) will affect barangays who had fought to clear their communities from communist influence and insurgency, Davao Oriental Governor Nelson Dayanghirang said Thursday, April 29. "We appeal to those who are calling to defund the Elcac to open their hearts and minds to the plea of our people. Defunding the [Elcac] would be a huge disservice to these barangays who fought long and hard to clear their communities from communist influence and insurgency that has brou...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → April → 28 → NTF-ELCAC’s P19-B budget: Pork amid the pandemic? NTF-ELCAC’s P19-B budget: Pork amid the pandemic? Various groups protesting at the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) calling for the abolition of NTF-ELCAC. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat)Little did the NTF-ELCAC spokesperson know that her challenge to Non would backfire quicker than her red-tagging spurts on social media. The task force immediately became the center of scrutiny, as its P19.1-billion programmed allocation in the 2021 budget starkly...

By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published April 27, 2021 6:36pm Contrary to the views of his colleagues, Senator Ronald Dela Rosa said defunding the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) was the "wrong move" as it would only benefit communist rebels. "Hindi ako sang-ayon doon na i-defund ang [NTF-ELCAC] dahil kung gagawin natin 'yun, alam mo kung sino makikinabang d'yan? Ang [Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front],” Dela Rosa was quoted in a statement. (I am not in favor of defunding the NTF-ELCAC. Do you know who wi...

By HANA BORDEY, GMA News Published April 23, 2021 2:36pm Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Friday said he will ask the chamber’s leadership to compel the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to submit its quarterly report on the P19 billion anti-insurgency fund under the 2021 national budget. Drilon noted that the NTF-ELCAC is required to submit a report on these funds to both houses of Congress in accordance to a provision under the 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA). “I will request the Senate leadership to require NTC-ELCAC to submit t...

Drilon wants full accounting of anti-insurgency funds The senate minority leader says that 2021 GAA provides authority to use anti-red funds for COVID-19 vaccination and ayuda Senate Minority Leader Franklin M. Drilon asked the Senate leadership to compel the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) to submit a report on the use of P19 billion anti-insurgency funds, saying that the funds could be use "in aid of 2022 election." "Under the present General Appropriations Act, the NTF-ELCAC is supposed to submit a quarterly report to the Senate and the H...