Cristoni "Jong" Latiban Monzon (Screengrab from RTVM) MANILA - A former rebel has revealed that "red tagging" is a term concocted and being used by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) to protect their so-called "legal fronts" such as Party-list groups Kabataan, Anak Bayan, Bayan Muna, Gabriela, Karapatan and ACT-Teachers from culpability. "Red tagging is a word used by the communist group to cover and protect its legal fronts which the Commission on Election has unwittingly accredited via the party-list system. We can see them in Congress," Cristoni "Jong" Latiban Monzon alias Ka-Franco said during Monday's virtual press briefing of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Monzon, who had just recently surrendered to government forces along with two other rebels, served as a former political instructor of the CPP-NPA-NDF's Regional
DAVAO CITY The government halted the operation of a mining company in Davao Oriental following the discoloration of the river waters, which indicates a sudden discharge of soil extracts from the mountain mines to the waterways. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) ordered the mining company on Monday to immediately stop…