A ranking official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) lambasted former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo for discrediting President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No. 70 which institutionalizes a “whole-of-nation approach” in combatting communist insurgency. Major General Antonio Parlade,… Read More
The military and police, in some cases, are tasked to maintain security in schools against crime, terrorism and insurgencies. This, according to a ranking official of the Philippine National Police in an interview at the Philippine News Agency’s “Pros and Cons” program on Oct. 12,… Read More
After suffering physical abuse from her father, she left home and ended up being recruited into the New People’s Army (NPA) at just nine years old. She was a slim, long-haired girl when the “hukbo” (corps) enlisted her to the Sparrow Unit tasked to kill… Read More
A group of indigenous peoples (IPs) emerged determined before members of the Filipino community in Germany, saying fear no longer hinders them from telling the world about what the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) has been doing to their communities.… Read More
What is a soldier? You see them in the news. You see them in video games, in TV, movies, the Internet. We see the action. Amazed in the equipment. In awe of the skills. But what is a soldier? What lies behind the guns, the… Read More
Sustaining peace is a shared responsibility. This was the central theme during the “Mindanao Peace Forum” organized by the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro East Urban and Eisenhower Fellows Association of the Philippines in line with the celebration of the International Day of Peace… Read More
A ranking official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) described as “the height of hypocrisy” House Resolution No. 374 introduced by Gabriela Women’s Party-list and other members of the Makabayan bloc that directs the House Committee on Human… Read More
The Duterte Administration is determined to find a long-lasting solution to the insurgency in the country within its term, according to Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito G. Galvez Jr. “With the strong leadership and political will of the Duterte administration, we will no longer pass on… Read More
Armed with the mission to save their culture and the next generation of their tribes, eight leaders of Filipino indigenous people (IP) appealed to the members of the European community to stop funding the front organizations of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army… Read More
