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April 23, 2021 HOUSE Minority Leader Stephen Paduano is against the proposal to defund the P19-billion budget of the National Task Force to nd Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac). Paduano is even pushing for the increase of the budget, which is intended for the development of insurgency-cleared barangays all over the country. He said the P19-billion budget is “too small” to cover all barangays declared as insurgency-free. Western Visayas is getting P1.48 billion, including P520 million to be received by 26 insurgency-cleared barangays in Negros Occidental, majority of ...

Published March 17, 2021, 2:00 PM President Duterte will lead the claim of victory in areas that were freed from the clutches of the communist rebels in Eastern Visayas during his visit on Thursday, March 18, amid the apparent shift of the national government’s focus from drug war to the war against communist rebels. (PCOO / MANILA BULLETIN) National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said the visit includes a dialogue with the beneficiaries of the Barangay Development Program (BDP), one of the pet projects of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). B...

Senator calls for lower loan interest rate on modern public transport A SENATOR asked transportation authorities to reduce the interest rate on loans for public vehicles procured under the modernization program to 4% from 6% to lessen the burden on operators and drivers. In a statement on Wednesday, Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares urged the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board and the LandBank of the Philippines to cut the interest as the sector was hit hard by the pandemic. “If we want to really help our public transport sector transition to PUV (public utility vehicle) moder...

The government has kicked off a multibillion-peso Barangay Development Program aimed at implementing various support projects in barangays deemed cleared of communist rebels.

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (REY BANIQUET/Presidential Photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Esperon, who also serves as the vice chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), said Salugpungan and Alcadev schools — most of which were established in Davao — were the “major sources” of NPA recruitment in the region. “Natutuwa ako na dito sa Mindanao, ‘yung major source of recruitment ay mukhang natanggal na natin. Ano ‘yun? Salugpungan schools. NPA schools. Fifty-five na Salugpungan… Isang Alcadev. Natanggal lahat ‘yon (I am ...