University of the Philippines-Diliman (Photo courtesy of UPD Facebook) MANILA - The bill institutionalizing the 1989 University of the Philippines (UP) - Department of National Defense (DND) accord into the UP Charter will allow communist terrorist groups to continue recruiting more students to join the armed struggle. Kabataan Kontra Droga At Terorismo (KKDAT) national spokesperson Franz Arabia said in a statement Friday that the long history of disappearances of UP student leaders has been linked to the underground recruitment of the Communist Party of the Philippines' (CPP) legal front organization inside the state university. "To institutionalize the UP-DND Accord is to free the terrorist from terrorizing the students and the youth. This is our collective stand, as the youth of this nation. The KKDAT denounces the institutionalization of the UP-DND Accord. We look at the University of Philippines as a home for young professionals, whom we idolize because of their intellige
NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for mass media engagements, Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - Contrary to misleading reports, New People's Army (NPA) assassin and convicted murderer Juanito Itaas has never been and will never be considered a "political prisoner" but a cold-blooded killer who served his sentence under the law. Itaas, according to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), is a convicted murderer of United States Army Col. James N. Rowe and should not be given any romantic attribution that tends to mislead the public. NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for mass media engagements and fact-checker, Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco, a journalist for nearly three decades, cautioned journalists not to brand Itaas as a "political prisoner" as he was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt by Branch 88 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) for the murder of Rowe, the deputy commander of the Joint US Military Advisory
NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for mass media engagements, Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco (File photo) MANILA - Contrary to misleading reports, New People's Army (NPA) assassin and convicted murderer Juanito Itaas has never been and will never be considered a "political prisoner" but a cold-blooded killer who served his sentence under the law. Itaas, according to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), is a convicted murderer of United States Army Col. James N. Rowe and should not be given any romantic attribution that tends to mislead the public. NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for mass media engagements and fact-checker, Undersecretary Jose Joel Sy Egco, a journalist for nearly three decades, cautioned journalists not to brand Itaas as a "political prisoner" as he was found guilty beyond reasonable doubt by Branch 88 of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court (RTC) for the murder of Rowe, the deputy commander of the Joint US Military Advisory
TALK TO THE PEOPLE. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte holds weekly talk to the people in this undated photo to give the public updates on the government's Covid-19 response. Though his administration spent a lot of time and resources battling the pandemic, Duterte was no let-up in his campaign against corruption and illegal drugs. (Presidential photo) MANILA - During his last full year at Malacanan Palace, President Rodrigo R. Duterte may have prioritized the country's coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic response, but did not let up in his administration's fight against corruption and illegal drugs as well as effort to defend the country's sovereignty and territory. Duterte himself said in a December 2 speech that he takes pride in having delivered "almost all" of his campaign promises despite some shortcomings. In the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic, Duterte renewed his call for vaccines to be treated as "a global public good" and called o
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