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Published April 27, 2021, 1:39 PM Despite being red-tagged by the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), the Senate employees’ union had set up a community pantry within the Senate’s vicinity to help nearby residents in Pasay City. Members of the SENADO, the union of Senate employees, set up their own community pantry outside the Senate compound in Pasay City on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. Senators earlier defended the employees’ union after being linked by government anti-insurgency officials to communist rebels. (Screencap from sourced video) Among those w...

Published April 9, 2021, 1:46 PM The Senate employees’ union is considering asking the courts or the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) for legal assistance after the chief of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) linked the organization to leftist groups.  Officials of the Sandigan ng mga Empleyadong Nagkakaisa sa Adhikain ng Demokratikong Organisasyon (SENADO) disclosed such plans during a virtual press conference on Friday, April 9, as they reiterated their concerns on the government agency’s red-tagging activities on their group. “We are already discussing our next ste...

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published April 9, 2021 1:00pm Senators could write an official communication to the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA) about its move linking the Senate workers' union to communist groups, Senator Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III said Friday. In a virtual press conference, Pimentel said he would support if Senate President Vicente Sotto III will make an official communication to NICA director general Alex Monteagudo as well as to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). He expressed confidence that other senato...

Presidential Communications Operations Office Undersecretary and NTF-ELCAC Spokesperson Lorraine Marie Badoy (Contributed photo) QUEZON CITY, April 8 (PIA) -- The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday stood behind the claim of National Intelligence Coordinating Agency Director-General Alex Paul Monteagudo that the union of Senate employees is reportedly a front of the communist group. In a report by the Philippine News Agency, Presidential Communications Operations Office Undersecretary and NTF-ELCAC Spokesperson Lorraine Marie Badoy said the NTF-E...

(FILE PHOTO) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 7) — The Senate president is not taking lightly allegations that some Senate employees are sympathizers of rebel groups. In a message to reporters on Wednesday, Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III described as unfounded a social media post by National Intelligence Coordinating Agency director general Alex Paul Monteagudo that said members of the Senate union, the Sandigan ng mga Empleyadong Nagkakaisa sa Adhikain ng Demokratikong Organisasyon (SENADO), were working as the "eyes and ears of the CPP-NPA-NDF." "He sent word saying they are just t...