By: Dempsey Reyes, Leila B. Salaverria – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer / February 20, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — The European Parliament issued a resolution on Thursday underscoring the human rights situation in the Philippines and warning of the withdrawal of the country’s trade privileges with the European Union (EU). The legislative body of the European…
Michael Punongbayan, Janvic Mateo – The Philippine Star February 9, 2022 MANILA, Philippines — Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison last night denied rumors that he had died. Sison, who celebrated his 83rd birthday, sent a photo to The STAR showing him holding a planner with his schedule for the week….
By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter /INQUIRER.net /November 11, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Senator Franklin Drilon has called for a thorough review of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) funds inside the Philippine National Police (PNP), after it was revealed that 13 million activities were done just in 2021. The…
By: Cristina Eloisa Baclig – Content Researcher Writer /INQUIRER.net / September 29, 2021 MANILA, Philippines—A 73 percent cut in funding for COVID response. An 11 billion-peso increase in the budget for a counterinsurgency task force created by President Rodrigo Duterte. A close look at the numbers in the 5-trillion peso proposed national budget in 2022…
Aug 17, 2021, Lian Buan MANILA, Philippines The biggest chunk of the amount went to the vocational training agency’s regional office in Davao Despite lacking authority, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) transferred P160 million to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in 2020, an act that auditors found to…
(Philstar.com) – July 19, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — The government’s anti-communist task force and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples — a member of the task force — welcomed the dismissal of raps against two Aeta farmers filed by military personnel who accused them of being communist rebels. In a joint statement, the National Task…
May 19, 2021 Dwight de Leon MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) The government’s anti-communist insurgency task force says concerned citizens first alerted them about a photo of Patricia Non with a raised fist In another attempt to question the background of Maginhawa Community Pantry’s Patricia Non, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict…
By: Neil Arwin Mercado – Reporter, INQUIRER.net / April 22, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Senator Richard Gordon on Thursday said National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. should just “go back to the military” instead of “harassing our people with red-tagging accusations,” but the latter was…