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AFP Southern Luzon Command chief and NTF-ELCAC spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr. (PNA) Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Joel Villanueva, Nancy Binay, Grace Poe and Sherwin Gatchalian filed on Monday, April 26, Resolution No. 707 to ask the chamber to determine whether the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has so far been effective in its mandate and efficient in disbursing its funds. “We filed this resolution today to hold NTF-ELCAC accountable for its operations, including the baseless red tagging of community pantries and certain indiv...

SunStar File April 22, 2021 ARMED Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Cirilito Sobejana said he has ordered the Civil Military Operations to organize humanitarian activities similar to the community pantry to help indigent families during this coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. He also planned to convince AFP personnel to donate their subsistence allowance for one day to the endeavor. In a virtual press conference on Thursday, April 22, 2021, Sobejana said the Joint Task Force National Capital Region (NCR) will identify the areas where help is most needed. �...

The claim refers to Senator Lacson’s sponsorship speech for Committee Report 186 about red-tagging, which doesn't state that the lawmakers in the Makabayan bloc are communist combatants

Published March 11, 2021 12:33pm Updated March 11, 2021 12:50pm Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr. has no intention to resign as spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) despite the recommendation of the Senate to remove him from the post. “Very good. Welcome ‘yan. Makes my job easier. But it’s just a recommendation and it’s the executive branch who will decide on it. It’s up to them,” Parlade said in a text message to Super Radyo dzBB’s Mark Makalalad when asked on the matter. The Senate recommendation was part of the ...

Press Release De Lima denounces spate of arrests, killing of activists in Southern Tagalog Opposition Senator Leila M. de Lima has bewailed the rash of arrests and killing of activists in Southern Tagalog which happened two days after President Duterte ordered government forces to "kill" and "finish off" all communist rebels in the country. De Lima, a known human rights defender here and abroad, said that these intensifying attacks and disregard for human rights warrant the attention and condemnation of the Filipino people and the international community. "Whether it's drugs, insurgency, COVI...