January 27, 2021 THE National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac) reported that two universities in Davao City are included in the list of schools the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA NDF) has targeted for radicalization and recruitment of students to join in the communist group.
In a statement, NTF-Elcac Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy said the Ateneo de Davao University (Addu) and the University of Southeastern Philippines (Usep) are among the 38 schools and universities in the country that are hotbeds for communist recruitment.
Badoy reiterated the recent pronouncement of Lieutenant General Antonio Parlade Jr.