MANILA – The government’s anti-insurgency task force on Sunday expressed gratitude to Vice President Leni Robredo for supporting its mandate, especially efforts to bring development to former conflict-ridden communities.On Friday, Robredo, who previously called for the abolition of the… Read More
DAVAO CITY – Slashing the 2022 budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) from PHP24 billion to PHP 4 billion would have a heavy blow to government efforts against insurgency and to the provinces relying on the Barangay Development Program (BDP), a governor in the Davao Region said Monday.
In an interview, Davao de Oro Governor Jayvee Tyron Uy said the people residing in former lairs of the New People’s Army (NPA), would eventually lose hope and possibly lose their trust in the government if the BDP will not push through, following the Senate Committee on Finance’s decision to cut the NTF-ELCAC’s budget for 2002. READ MORE
Panawagan ni Gov. Jayvee Tyron L. Uy sa atong mga senador ang pagbalik sa orihinal nga budget sa Barangay Development Program (BDP) ilawom sa National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) nga 28.1 billion pesos kung asa nahimo sab nga benepisyaryo ang 41 ka mga barangay sa Davao de Oro.
Matod ni Gov. Tyron, dako ang nahimong tabang sa BDP sa pagkab-ot og kalinaw ug kahapsay sa mga lagyong lugar sa probinsya nga kaniadtong naipit sa armadong kagubot, ug angay lamang kining ipadayon para sa pagpalig-on sa pagsalig sa katawhan ug mapadayon ang kalambuan sa tibuok probinsya.
128 ka mga BDP projects ang gigahin sa 41 ka mga barangay sa probinsya. 118 niini infrastructure projects, ug 10 mga livelihood projects.
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana dismissed claims made by a retired Army officer that Senator Christopher “Bong” Go was controlling the decisions made by President Rodrigo Duterte.In a statement Monday, Lorenzana labeled as “baseless” former Army officer… Read More
MANILA – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday expressed hope that the death of Jorge Madlos alias “Ka Oris” of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) would mean that the CPP-NPA… Read More
July 26, 2021
MANILA—President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has resolved the root causes of the communist armed conflict in the country.“With the creation of the National Task Force to End [Local] Communist… Read More
July 26, 2021,
MANILA – Multi-sectoral groups on Monday cited the benefits of the creation of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) and hoped that the succeeding administration will have the same strong political will to fight terrorism.The NTF-ELCAC made easier and more… Read More
June 25, 2021
MANILA – Surrender, give up your weapons, and the government will support you.President Rodrigo Duterte made the offer anew to New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, assuring them of free housing, financial and food assistance, in a speech delivered during the launch and oath-taking ceremony of… Read More
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