March 14, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has called on universities across the country to raise the level of discourse on insurgency, youth recruitment, and academic freedom, stressing that honest and responsible debate—not propaganda or slogans—must guide discussions in campuses if the nation is to achieve just peace and genuine nation-building. In a statement, Undersecretary Ernesto C. Torres Jr., executive director of NTF-ELC

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

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

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

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 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

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

January 22, 2026 The Filipino people have won a decisive legal victory against terrorism and those who finance it, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) declared Thursday. In a landmark affirmation of the rule of law, the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 45 of Tacloban City, an anti-terrorism designated court, has convicted Frenchie Mae Cumpio and Marielle Domequil for Terrorism Financing under Republic Act No. 10168, while acquitting them

January 6, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said the January 1 series of armed encounters in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro have starkly exposed how terror-grooming operates on the ground—systematically drawing young Filipinos away from school, family, and civilian life, and leading them toward violence and, in tragic cases, death. In a statement, Usec. Ernesto C. Torres Jr., NTF-ELCAC Executive Director, stressed that while the

December 04, 2025 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Thursday warned against the continuing use of “spy‑tagging” by communist terrorist groups and called on the media and the public to help defend the country’s peace and development gains. “Spy‑tagging is not propaganda—it is a death sentence,” said Ernesto C. Torres Jr., Executive Director of the NTF-ELCAC National Secretariat, in a press conference ahead of the Task Force's 7th anni

November 27, 2025 Representatives from numerous embassies and international organizations gathered at the Admiral Hotel in Manila for the Forum on Enhancing National Security and Development Synergies conducted on November 21, 2025, organized by the International Engagement Cluster of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). Their strong participation underscored the strong commitment of global partners to strengthen cooperation on peace, sec

November 21, 2025 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has issued its strongest condemnation yet of the Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army (CPP–NPA) and its renewed wave of “spy-tagging” killings—describing the practice as “a death sentence imposed without truth, trial, or humanity” and calling out groups that refuse to denounce the executions of unarmed civilians. “Spy-tagging is the CPP–NPA’s most convenient weapon. It

November 20, 2025 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) strongly condemns the series of brutal killings perpetrated by the CPP–NPA in Negros Island—acts that once again expose the group’s longstanding pattern of targeting innocent civilians under the guise of so-called “revolutionary justice.” Since early 2024, more than 15 farmers, barangay leaders, and community members have been murdered in incidents that the CPP–NPA has openly claimed r

October 30, 2025 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has thrown its full support behind the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) as it proceeds with the disqualification case against Kabataan Partylist, stressing that the move is not an attack on free expression but a shield to protect Filipino youth from exploitation and violent radicalization. The case, long pending before the poll body, is anchored on testimonies from former members and C

October 20, 2025 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) has urged the public and foreign participants to exercise discernment in viewing recent “International Learning and Solidarity Missions” (ILSMs) conducted in Mindoro, Negros, and Eastern Visayas, stressing that these activities often recycle long-standing propaganda lines of the Communist Party of the Philippines–New People’s Army–National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). In a statement,