NTF ELCAC STATEMENT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS BILL The National Task Force To End Local Communist Armed Conflict condemns, in no uncertain terms, the approval on third reading, of a bill that is dangerous as it is unconstitutional and labeled to mean the very opposite of what it pretends to be—the Human Rights Defenders … Read more
Army chief optimistic on ending insurgency by 2022 FORT BONIFACIO, Metro Manila – The Commanding General of the Philippine Army (CGPA), Lt. Gen. Andres Centino, expressed optimism that the Philippine Army-AFP can comply with the Commander in Chief’s order to end the festering insurgency problem by 2022. “We are optimistic that we can comply with … Read more
Camp Downes, Ormoc City, September 10, 2021 – The farmers of Carigara, Leyte, where the Leyte Center for Development, Inc. (LCDE) operated for years as “a disaster response and development-oriented non-government organization (NGO)”, felt aggrieved that the so-called “agency” merely used them to generate funds from humanitarian aid agencies and other donors. Surfacing former LCDE … Read more
