SURRENDERERS. Some 19 CPP-NPA Terrorists (CNTs) surrender with 12 firearms at Sitio Mahayag, Barangay St. Peter in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on Oct. 27, 2021. A total of 20,579 former rebels have surrendered to the government from July 2016 to November 2021. (Contributed photo) MANILA - Almost PHP500 million worth of cash assistance has been given to the former rebels (FRs) under the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP), according to an official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Navy Captain Ferdinand Buscato, executive director of Task Force Balik-Loob and representative of E-CLIP and Amnesty Clusters of NTF-ELCAC, said a total of 20,579 FRs have surrendered to the government from July 2016 to November 2021. Buscato said since the creation of NTF-ELCAC through Executive Order No. 80 in 2018, a total of 3,751 FRs have been given livelihood assistance worth PHP50,000 each (PHP187.2 million) while 6,171 rece
SURRENDERERS. Some 19 CPP-NPA Terrorists (CNTs) surrender with 12 firearms at Sitio Mahayag, Barangay St. Peter in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon on Oct. 27, 2021. A total of 20,579 former rebels have surrendered to the government from July 2016 to November 2021. (Contributed photo) MANILA - Almost PHP500 million worth of cash assistance has been given to the former rebels (FRs) under the government's Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP), according to an official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Navy Captain Ferdinand Buscato, executive director of Task Force Balik-Loob and representative of E-CLIP and Amnesty Clusters of NTF-ELCAC, said a total of 20,579 FRs have surrendered to the government from July 2016 to November 2021. Buscato said since the creation of NTF-ELCAC through Executive Order No. 80 in 2018, a total of 3,751 FRs have been given livelihood assistance worth PHP50,000 each (PHP187.2 million) while 6,171 rece
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
ILOILO CITY - The Western Visayas Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF6-ELCAC) has condemned the "malicious and irresponsible verbal tirade" of senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares against the national agency. RTF6-ELCAC spokesperson and Assistant Provincial Prosecutor, Flosemer Chris Gonzales, on Monday said Colmenares has no idea on the nature and functions of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Colmenaras labeled the NTF -ELCAC as "militarista, marahas, at kontra mamamayan" (militarized, violent, and anti-people), to which Gonzales said he exactly described the nature of communist groups. "Neri Colmenares should have known that the NTF-ELCAC is responsible for bringing much-needed infrastructure and basic social services to conflict affected areas thru the Barangay Development Program under the guiding principles of the whole of nation approach and good governance," Gonzales said in a statement. He
Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Flosemer Chris Gonzales (PNA File photo) ILOILO CITY - The Western Visayas Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF6-ELCAC) on Monday condemned the "malicious and irresponsible verbal tirade" of senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares against the national agency. RTF6-ELCAC spokesperson and Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Flosemer Chris Gonzales said Colmenares has no idea on the nature and functions of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Colmenaras labeled the NTF -ELCAC as "militarista, marahas, at kontra mamamayan" (militarized, violent, and anti-people), to which Gonzales said he exactly described the nature of communist groups. "Neri Colmenares should have known that the NTF-ELCAC is responsible for bringing much-needed infrastructure and basic social services to conflict-affected areas thru the Barangay Development Program under the guiding principles of the whole of nation a