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National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. (File photo) MANILA - National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) vice chair Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said an election period does not suspend the operation of a legitimate arm of government, especially in maintaining peace and order. This, as the 12 cluster heads of the body on Wednesday signed and filed their counter affidavits on the various Omnibus Election Code complaints filed against them by the Makabayan Bloc and its allies last March 25. "Ladies and gent...
President Duterte said on Tuesday it would be “dangerous” if candidates allied with the communists win in the May 9 elections.
UNMASKING. Members of the League of Parents of the Philippines or the Liga ng mga Magulang, Liga Independencia Pilipinas, Sulong Maralita, and Yakap ng mga Magulang Movement, stage a protest rally in front of the Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Wednesday (April 13, 2022). The groups and other anti-communist organizations vowed anew to become more relentless in "unmasking" all legal front organizations of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army and the National Democratic Front. (Photo courtesy of League of Parents of the Philippines) MANILA - Groups of parents a...
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (File photo) MANILA - President Rodrigo Roa Duterte warned Tuesday that it would be "dangerous" if the candidates for the May 9, 2022 elections who are in alliance with the communist movement get elected to public office. "Delikado iyan kasi pag nandiyan na, kung manalo man sila (It's dangerous if they win the elections)," Duterte said during the joint meeting of the National Task Force (NTF) and the Regional Task Force (RTF) to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (ELCAC) in Butuan City. Duterte issued the statement, as he reiterated that th...