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𝗡𝗧𝗙-𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗔𝗖: 𝗙𝗲𝗯. 𝟮𝟲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵
February 25, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday expressed full support for the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) as it proceeds with the February 26 disqualification hearing against Kabataan Partylist, calling the proceedings a “timely warning” to safeguard Filipino youth from exploitation and violent radicalization. In a press statement, NTF-ELCAC Executive Director Undersecretary Ernesto C. Torres Jr. stressed that th
Feb 252 min read
𝗡𝗧𝗙-𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗔𝗖: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵
25 February 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) expresses full support for the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) as it proceeds with the February 26, 2026 disqualification hearing against Kabataan Partylist. This hearing is not political theater. It is due process. Recent incidents involving youth linked to Kabataan-affiliated networks reinforce a disturbing pattern: ideological grooming that begins in campuses and ends in armed insu
Feb 251 min read
’Two Civilians Killed Every Month’: NTF-ELCAC Demands Justice for Spy-Tagging Victims in Negros
February 23, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), through Executive Director Usec. Ernesto C. Torres Jr., has joined the growing call for justice for civilians killed in Negros Island, following reports from the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) that 28 individuals has been slain since March 2025, an average of two civilians murdered every month. “This pattern of killings is deeply alarming and morally inde
Feb 222 min read
NTF-ELCAC Condemns 'WANTED' Posters as Deadly 'Spy-Tagging'
February 18, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has strongly condemned the circulation of so-called “WANTED” posters labeling Gerald Mangao, Erick Simogan, and Zena Punada Candelario Segui as “taksil sa bayan” and placing a token bounty for information on their whereabouts. The materials were posted on the Facebook page “Villagers Point of View 2.0,” which authorities have identified as a propaganda portal aligned with the Communist
Feb 172 min read
NTF-ELCAC SCORES RENEWED 'TERROR-GROOMING' PUSH TARGETING YOUTH
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
Feb 123 min read
Inspiring the youth is one thing. Urging them toward armed struggle is terror grooming.
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
Feb 122 min read
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𝗡𝗧𝗙-𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗔𝗖: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝘀 𝗮 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵
25 February 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) expresses full support for the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) as it proceeds with the February 26, 2026 disqualification hearing against Kabataan Partylist. This hearing is not political theater. It is due process. Recent incidents involving youth linked to Kabataan-affiliated networks reinforce a disturbing pattern: ideological grooming that begins in campuses and ends in armed insu
Feb 251 min read
Inspiring the youth is one thing. Urging them toward armed struggle is terror grooming.
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
Feb 122 min read
“Spy-Tagging” Is Murder: NTF-ELCAC Condemns NPA Execution of 74-Year-Old Grandma
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
Feb 63 min read
On the departure of Chantal Anicoche
January 31, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict confirms that Filipino-American Chantal Anicoche departed the Philippines, following an Order to Leave issued by the Bureau of Immigration and after lawful processing and inter-agency coordination. This development concludes the Philippine government’s security and administrative handling of her situation. Chantal was found alive near the site of the January 1 armed encounter between government for
Jan 303 min read
Legal Cooperation Cluster Press Statement
January 22, 2026 In a well written Judgment dated January 14, 2026, penned by Presiding Judge Georgina Uy Perez, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 45 of Tacloban City has found Marielle A. Domequil and Frenchie Mae C. Cumpio GUILTY BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT for Violation of Section 8(iii) of Republic Act No. 10168, or the “Terrorism and Financing and Suppression Act of 2012”. Both Domequil and Cumpio were convicted and sentenced to suffer imprisonment from twelve (12) years
Jan 232 min read
The court has spoken. Justice has been fairly dispensed with—based on evidence, not noise, not ideology, and not propaganda.
January 22, 2026 We welcome and respect the ruling of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 45, Tacloban City, an anti-terrorism designated court, convicting Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Marielle Domequil for Terrorism Financing under Republic Act No. 10168, while acquitting them of the separate charge of illegal possession of firearms and explosives. This decision, rendered by Presiding Judge Georgina Perez, is a clear affirmation that our justice system is working exactly as it shoul
Jan 212 min read
𝗡𝗧𝗙-𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗔𝗖: 𝗙𝗲𝗯. 𝟮𝟲 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵
February 25, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday expressed full support for the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) as it proceeds with the February 26 disqualification hearing against Kabataan Partylist, calling the proceedings a “timely warning” to safeguard Filipino youth from exploitation and violent radicalization. In a press statement, NTF-ELCAC Executive Director Undersecretary Ernesto C. Torres Jr. stressed that th
Feb 252 min read
’Two Civilians Killed Every Month’: NTF-ELCAC Demands Justice for Spy-Tagging Victims in Negros
February 23, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), through Executive Director Usec. Ernesto C. Torres Jr., has joined the growing call for justice for civilians killed in Negros Island, following reports from the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) that 28 individuals has been slain since March 2025, an average of two civilians murdered every month. “This pattern of killings is deeply alarming and morally inde
Feb 222 min read
NTF-ELCAC Condemns 'WANTED' Posters as Deadly 'Spy-Tagging'
February 18, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has strongly condemned the circulation of so-called “WANTED” posters labeling Gerald Mangao, Erick Simogan, and Zena Punada Candelario Segui as “taksil sa bayan” and placing a token bounty for information on their whereabouts. The materials were posted on the Facebook page “Villagers Point of View 2.0,” which authorities have identified as a propaganda portal aligned with the Communist
Feb 172 min read
NTF-ELCAC SCORES RENEWED 'TERROR-GROOMING' PUSH TARGETING YOUTH
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
Feb 123 min read
“𝗦𝗽𝘆-𝗧𝗮𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴” 𝗜𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿: 𝗡𝗧𝗙-𝗘𝗟𝗖𝗔𝗖 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻𝘀 𝗡𝗣𝗔 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝟳𝟰-𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗺𝗮
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
Feb 72 min read
From the Countryside to the Cities: NCR now Ground Zero of CPP–NPA–NDF Disinformation
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
Feb 43 min read
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