“It’s unfortunate that the NTF-ELCAC has that reputation, but the ELCAC is more than the issue of red-tagging. So if there’s anything that should be stopped, it’s the red-tagging,” he said in mixed Filipino and English.
Nearly two years since an administrative complaint was lodged against three former officials of the government's anti-communist insurgency task force, the Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the respondents to answer the accusations against them.
"What I will bring into our national security landscape is really my training as a political scientist.when you run out of arguments, you label. It s not a productive thing and it s antithetical to the presumption of innocence, right?… Why are we doing things that are not productive? Let s stop doing that," she said in mixed Filipino and English.
ARMY-NPA CLASH. Recovered items from seven suspected members of the New People's Army after a clash with government troops in Barangay Nagbinlod, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental on April 6, 2022. Among the items retrieved by the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army were a firearm and personal belongings. (Photo courtesy of 11IB) MANILA - Nothing will stop the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) from unmasking front organizations of terrorist groups as it stays true to its mandate to stopping more than 50 years of insurgency. Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy, also the NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for Social Media Affairs and Sectoral Concerns, cited a complaint filed before the Professional Regulation Commission, seeking to revoke her certificate of registration as a physician over repeated "red-tagging" allegations. The Alliance of Health Workers (AHW) again asked for the revocation of Badoy's license, clai