Nov 15, 2021 Jairo Bolledo Manila, Philippines (3rd UPDATE) The retired general who is running for president says this is common knowledge among the officer corps in the armed forces The mouthpiece of government’s fierce anti-communist campaign described presidential aide-turned-senator Bong Go as one of the country’s problems who was “controlling” the decisions of President…
By: Krixia Subingsubing, Nestor Corrales – Philippine Daily Inquirer / April 26, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Saying that a gag order is not enough, Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas wants Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. and Lorraine Badoy, undersecretary for communications, both spokespersons of the government’s anti-communist task force, dismissed from their posts Brosas said on…
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…
GENERAL’S REMARKS REVEAL PERILS OF ANTI-TERROR LAW By: Gabriel Pabico Lalu – Reporter/INQUIRER.net /February 04, 2021 MANILA, Philippines — Several media organizations and other groups have denounced Southern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. for his comments against INQUIRER.net reporter Tetch Torres-Tupas over her story on Aetas who filed a petition before the…
By: Cristina Eloisa Baclig – Content Researcher/Writer/INQUIRER.net / December 04, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Rights group Karapatan on Friday filed a criminal complaint against three high ranking officials of the National Task Force to End the Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and another government official over their alleged relentless red-tagging activities. In the complaint filed…
Editorial, Philippine Daily Inquirer / November 07, 2020 Where do they find these people? Not for the first time under this administration, another dubious character has stepped up to the public stage to testify against a perceived enemy or enemies of the state. This time around, that dubious character is one Jeffrey “Ka Eric” Celiz,…