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Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (left) and former senator Bongbong Marcos (Lakas-CMD Media) This is what Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) Secretary General Anthony del Rosario envisions following the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) Cusi wing's recen
MANILA - The resounding pleas of local officials to reinstate the PHP28.1-billion budget of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has gained ground, as it continues to change the perceptions of many legislators especially those in the 2022 Congressional Bicameral Conference Committee (bicam). Before the 2022 Bicam, Senate Finance Committee chairman Senator Sonny Angara was already convinced that the NTF-ELCAC budget, especially its flagship program, the Barangay Development Program (BDP) will be given a higher budget at the bicam. Angara said with the recent submission of the NTF-ELCAC's accomplishment report on the BDP, most of the senators have now a bigger picture of how very important the projects are for barangays in the far-flung areas. Angara said if they will push through with the additional budget at the bicam, most of the senators would want the funding to be put into the infrastructure component of BDP. "Basta ang gusto ng mga kas