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Robredo: NTF-ELCAC in bad light because of 'baseless red-tagging'

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Posted at Nov 27 12:43 AM

She said the entire task force has been cast in a bad light because of the “careless statements of some of the members.” Read more »

Bato sorry for calling NTF-ELCAC critics 'bwisit'

Davinci Maru, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 22 02:21 PM

Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa apologized for calling those who called for the abolition of the country's anti-insurgency task force as "bwisit". Read more »

Sonny Angara rejects abolition of NTF-ELCAC

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Updated as of Nov 12 11:26 AM

Sen. Sonny Angara rejects a proposal to abolish the NTF-ELCAC for failing to comprehensively report how it spent its P19.3 billion budget this year. Read more »

Bato: NPA will win if NTF-ELCAC budget slashed

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 12 09:03 AM

Sen. Ronald 'Bato' dela Rosa opposed the slashing of the proposed 2022 budget for NTF-ELCAC, saying the NPA can take advantage of it. Read more »

Questions raised over cremation of remains of NPA's Ka Oris

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 04 08:14 PM

Questions were raised over the AFP's decision to cremate the body of NPA leader Jorge 'Ka Oris' Madlos as the circumstances surrounding his death remain disputed. Read more »

'Fake clash': CPP says NPA leader 'ambushed'

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 01 07:02 PM

The CPP has accused state forces of "staging" an armed encounter to justify the slay of NPA leader Ka Oris, who was reportedly ambushed. Read more »

NTF-ELCAC personalities vie for partylist seats in 2022

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 11 05:38 PM

Celine Pialago, Eric Celiz, and Michele Gumabao are some of the personalities working for NTF-ELCAC who are vying for partylist seats in Halalan 2022. Read more »

Gabriela supporters slam NTF-ELCAC

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 27 06:21 PM

Supporters of Gabriela Partylist stage a protest against the NTC-ELCAC's Barangay Development Program and its disqualification case against the party. Read more »

Groups alarmed as State U tosses books on Peace talks

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 07:05 PM

The Kalinga State University said the decision was made after the Anti-Terrorism Council declared the CPP, NPA, and NDFP as terrorist organizations. Read more »

Solon questions P1.6-B in NTF-ELCAC funds for Davao City

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 07 08:52 AM

A party-list lawmaker questioned the allocation of about P1.6 billion from the NTF-ELCAC for barangays in Davao City, President Rodrigo Duterte’s hometown. Read more »

Solons hit 'lump sum' barangay development funds of NTF-ELCAC

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 06 04:37 PM

Makabayan bloc lawmakers said the controversial Barangay Development Program funds of the DILG for the NTF-ELCAC is a form of pork barrel. Read more »

Panukalang 2022 budget isinumite na sa Kamara

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Updated as of Aug 23 08:16 PM

Isinumite na ng Department of Budget and Management (DBM) nitong Lunes ang panukalang P5.024 trillion na pambansang budget para sa 2022. Read more »

NTF-ELCAC insists on proper utilization of state funds

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 24 10:45 AM

The NTF-ELCAC insisted that government funds were put to proper use through programs aimed at countering communist insurgency in various communities. Read more »

NTF-ELCAC's proposed 2022 budget higher than this year

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 03:33 PM

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict is getting a budget boost in an election year, as proposed by the DBM. Read more »

DFA: 31 more Filipinos leave Afghanistan amid turmoil; some now in Norway, UK

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Posted at Aug 22 08:18 PM

Thirty-one more Filipinos have been able to leave Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Sunday. Read more »

Pinay binalikan ang paglikas mula Afghanistan

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Posted at Aug 22 03:06 PM

Saksi si Ghrazie Capistrano Gallora sa gulong nangyayari sa Afghanistan na siyang dahilan ng kaniyang paglikas halos 1 linggo na ang nakalilipas. Read more »

DFA says 40 more Filipinos leave Afghanistan amid turmoil

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Posted at Aug 22 12:51 AM

Forty more Filipinos have been able to leave Taliban-ruled Afghanistan amid turmoil in the Middle Eastern country, the DFA said Saturday. Read more »

Philippines says open to Afghan asylum seekers

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Posted at Aug 17 05:01 PM

The Philippines is willing to receive asylum seekers from Afghanistan, following its fall to the Taliban, Malacañang said on Tuesday. Read more »

Palace says to bring home Filipinos from Afghanistan

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Updated as of Aug 16 06:35 PM

Authorities are working to get back some 170 Filipinos from Afghanistan after the Taliban seized the capital, Malacañang said on Monday. Read more »

Esperon defends anti-insurgency body's P19B budget

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 09 07:14 PM

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon on Monday balked at suggestions to realign the billions of funds allocated to an anti-insurgency task force. Read more »