February 13, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has raised alarm over what it described as renewed "terrorist-grooming" operations targeting Filipino youth, following a recent speech delivered by Julieta de Lima before the League of Filipino Students during its 21st National Congress. In a press statement, NTF-ELCAC Executive Director Ernesto C. Torres Jr. emphasized that activism itself is not the issue — but organized efforts to

February 12, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict takes serious note of the recent speech delivered by Julieta de Lima before the League of Filipino Students during its 21st National Congress. Let us be clear: activism is not the issue. Debate is not the issue. Criticism of government is not the issue. What concerns us is the open call to strengthen recruitment and ideological consolidation in support of a movement that has long pursued armed rev

February 07, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Saturday denounced the killing of Leonora “Leonor” Anguit, a 74-year-old grandmother, calling the crime a clear case of "spy-tagging" turned into summary execution—a pattern the Task Force says has terrorized civilian communities in Negros. “This was not a robbery. This was not an accident. This was an execution,” said Ernesto C. Torres Jr., Executive Director of NTF-ELCAC. “Leonor

06 February 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) strongly condemns the cold-blooded killing of Leonor, 74 years old, in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental. This was not a robbery, not an accident, and not “revolutionary justice.” This was an execution. Leonor was spy-tagged, branded as a “spy”, and then killed. By accounts on the ground, the attackers openly identified themselves as members of the New People’s Army (NPA), deliberately

February 05, 2026 NTF-ELCAC MEDIA BUREAU Ref: Dr. Joel M. Sy Egco, DPSSG, MPSA 09155506969 February 05, 2026 From the Countryside to the Cities: NCR now Ground Zero of CPP–NPA–NDF Disinformation With communist insurgency steadily losing ground in the countryside, the battle has decisively shifted to the cities, with Metro Manila now emerging as the primary ground zero of Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army–National Democratic Front (CPP–NPA–NDF) disinformatio

February 4, 2026 It has long been underscored that the National Capital Region remains a critical theater in our nation’s campaign against the Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army–National Democratic Front. As the political, economic, and information hub of the country, NCR is deliberately targeted by communist terrorist groups as a primary battleground for propaganda and psychological operations—most notably through digital platforms and social media ecosyste