DUTERTE LEGACY. Members of the Molo Baluarte Timawa Operators Drivers Jeepney Association (MOBTOJDA) join the Duterte Legacy Caravan held at the Camp Martin Delgado regional headquarters of the Police Regional Office 6 in Iloilo City on Thursday (April 21, 2022). MOBTOJDA president Arman Ruego said they used to be always on the streets marching against the government, but were able to establish their own business with the help of the Department of Labor and Employment.(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOILO CITY - The government's program to end insurgency has convinced over 400 former Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) sympathizers to reject the armed movement and lead a more productive life. Arman Ruego, president of the Molo Baluarte Timawa Operators Drivers Jeepney Association (MOBTOJDA), said on Friday they used to be always on the streets marching against the government when they were still with the Pinagkaisang Samahan ng mga Tsuper at Operator Nationwid
PRLEC INTERVENTIONS. The installation of solar panels and the lighting of houses in Sitio Baboy-baboy, Camagong, Nasipit, Agusan del Norte on April 8, 2022, under the NTF-ELCAC's Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC). Some 822 conflict-cleared barangays nationwide benefitted from PRLEC through National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, to date. (Photo courtesy of 23IB) MANILA - Some 50,000 individuals from conflict-cleared barangays nationwide benefitted from the government's free livelihood and skills training programs through the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), to date. Under the NTF-ELCAC's Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC), chaired by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), the government has already conducted more than 4,500 livelihood and skills training nationwide. The PRLEC has so far reached 822 villages, higher than its targeted 802 pr
SUPPORT TO IP COMMUNITY. Troops of the Army's 91st Infantry (Sinagtala) Battalion plant some 100 coconut saplings for the IP community of Barangay Bayanihan in Maria Aurora town, Aurora Province on Wednesday (March 9, 2022). In partnership with the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), the activity aims to provide sustainable livelihood to the Bugkalot tribe and at the same time increase the province's coconut production.(Photo courtesy of the Army's 91ist IB) BALER, Aurora -Government troops have extended support to the indigenous people (IP) community in Barangay Bayanihan, Maria Aurora town in Aurora Province as part of the programs of the Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC). In partnership with the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) and National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) in Aurora, the troops of the Army's 91st Infantry (Sinagtala) Battalion planted some 100 coconut
MANILA - The final chapter of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front's (CPP-NPA-NDF) reign of terror has now been written off as more local government units (LGUs) have joined this administration in condemning the atrocities of these lawless groups by declaring as persona non grata in their respective localities. At the weekly virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communists Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Thursday, Interior and Local Government Assistant Director Rene Valera revealed that 74 of the country's 81 provinces already passed resolutions condemning the atrocities of these Communist groups and declared them as persona non grata. Valera said other LGUs who have echoed their support to the whole of nation approach of the NTF-ELCAC and declared them as persona non grata are 26,353 barangays (villages), 1,436 municipalities, and 110 cities across the country. The NTF-ELCAC Representative from the Local