20 July 2026 This month, the Filipino nation commemorates one of the most significant legal victories in the protection of indigenous children and the Rule of Law—the second anniversary of the landmark judgment rendered by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 2, Tagum City, on 15 July 2024 in the Talaingod case. On that day, the court found former Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo, ACT Teachers Representative France Castro, and eleven other accused guilty beyond reasonable d

03 July 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) welcomes every opportunity to speak with the international community and with Filipinos abroad on peace, security, democracy, and development. These conversations matter in a world where terrorism, violent extremism, and online radicalization now move across borders with ease. In this context, silence is not an option. This week, a Philippine delegation joined the Fourth High-Level Conferen

27 June 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict joins the nation in grieving the death of three students in the June 22 school shooting in Tacloban City. To their families, classmates, teachers, and the whole San Jose National High School community, we offer our deepest sympathies. A school day should not end with parents being told that their child is gone forever. There are moments when the nation must pause before it speaks and passes judgment. O

23 June 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict acknowledges the final report of Ms. Irene Khan, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, and her continuing work to defend press freedom and the right of citizens to speak freely without fear. While we have yet to receive a copy of the final report, we nonetheless receive her observations with respect. Freedom of expression is not an inconvenience to democracy but on

17 June 2026 On June 12, 2026, the CALABARZON Region (Region 4-A) was declared in a state of Stable Internal Peace and Security (SIPS). More than a government achievement, this milestone is a victory earned by the people of Southern Tagalog themselves — a moment that calls not only for recognition, but for celebration. This triumph is part of a nationwide wave of peace. From Kalinga and Apayao to Southern Leyte, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, and Surigao del Sur, communiti

June 09, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) strongly condemns the brazen and arrogant admission by the New People's Army (NPA) that it carried out the killing of another civilian it accused of being a government intelligence asset in Calatrava, Negros Occidental. The statement released by the NPA is more than a mere claim of responsibility. It is a chilling confession. It is a public declaration that the Communist Terrorist Group (

June 04, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) joins the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the entire Filipino nation in mourning the loss of Private First Class John Rey Brasil of the 79th Infantry Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, Philippine Army. PFC Brasil made the ultimate sacrifice on June 1, 2026, during an encounter with communist terrorist rebels in Barangay Tamlang, Escalante City, Negros Occidental. In confronting th

22 May 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) joins the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in firmly setting the record straight regarding the April 19 encounter in Toboso, Negros Occidental. The facts presented during the joint national press conference on Thursday lead to one uncontestable conclusion: all the 19 individuals who figured in that incident were all combatants who were killed in

May 26, 2026 The bloodstained truth can no longer be hidden behind propaganda, slogans, and carefully manufactured “human rights” narratives. From 2021 to May 2026 alone, at least 59 documented spy-tagging killings and summary executions perpetrated by the CPP-NPA-NDF have been recorded across the country. Of these, an overwhelming 51 victims were killed in the Negros Island Region — 41 in Negros Occidental and 10 in Negros Oriental. Of the 51 civilians killed by the NPA in

27 May 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) strongly rejects the latest propaganda piece from Karapatan, which once again seeks to distort reality and evade accountability for the tragic fate of individuals who ultimately entered the underground movement and armed struggle. This latest statement bears the unmistakable trademark of the CPP-NPA-NDF ecosystem: deny responsibility, romanticize death, rewrite narratives, weaponize grief, a

21 May 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict respects the recent ruling of the Regional Trial Court in Cebu City which dismissed the terrorism financing case filed against the Community Empowerment Resource Network (CERNET), its officers, staff, and council members. Our courts remain independent institutions of our democracy. Whether favorable or unfavorable to government cases, their decisions must always be respected within the framework of the

May 19, 2026 The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) expresses profound grief and sorrow over another heartbreaking reminder that the CPP-NPA-NDF does not merely destroy lives on the battlefield—it destroys families, fractures relationships, and leaves emotional wounds that continue long after the guns fall silent. The tragic case of Vince Francis Dingding is not only a story about a young life lost in armed conflict. It is a painful story of