UN expert urges PH to dismantle controversial NTF-Elcac

Jane Baustista, Nestor Corrales 02/03/2024

The UN special rapporteur (UNSR) on freedom of expression urges the Philippine government to eliminate an anticommunist task force, known as National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac), which is accused of jeopardizing the…

Amid rice price caps, Cebu City mulls reviving task force on price monitoring

Morexette Marie B. Erram 09/07/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Cebu City Government wants to reconvene its task force in charge of monitoring price controls following Malacañang’s order to put price caps on rice. Mayor Michael Rama on Thursday, September 7, said…

CBCP to be represented in the NTF-Elcac

Jean Mangaluz 09/01/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has now representatives in the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac), according to Executive Director Usec. Ernesto Torres on Thursday. The NTF-Elcac…

How to optimize Cebu City’s tax collection: Implement ‘Sayaw para sa Buhis’

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 06/22/2023

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — A “special task force” in the city was formed “to optimize tax collection revenues.” The ‘Strategic Assessment of Your Assets and Worth (SAYAW) para sa Buhis’ officially launched on Thursday, June 22,…

DOH-7: Hospitals on white alert; gear up for ‘summer-related illnesses’

Futch Anthony Inso 04/12/2023

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has already placed hospitals in white alert status as they launched the “Oplan Tag-init Task Force.” This was confirmed by Dr. Shelbay Blanco, head of…

Degamo slay brains believed to be former soldier

Beatrice Pinlac - @inquirerdotnet 03/13/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The mastermind of the brazen killing of Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo is believed to be a former soldier, Joint Task Force Negros spokesperson Maj. Cenon Pancito III said on Monday. Pancito, who spoke on…

PDEA-7 welcomes creation of task force against entry of illegal drugs in CV

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 11/19/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The impending creation of a task force against the entry of illegal drugs in Central Visayas will strengthen existing interdiction efforts by authorities. The task force will allow authorities to tap the help…

DepEd-Mandaue kicks off Oplan Balik Eskwela at Central School

Mary Rose Sagarino 08/15/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Department of Education in Mandaue City (DepEd-Mandaue) launched on Monday, August 15, the Oplan Balik Eskwela at the Mandaue City Central School. DepEd-Mandaue Superintendent Dr. Nimfa Bongo, said the task force would…

Solo parents in Mandaue now 2,500 — City Social Welfare office

Mary Rose Sagarino 07/26/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The City Social Welfare and Services (CSWS) has recorded more solo parents in Mandaue City this year. The number of registered solo parents in Mandaue has increased to over 2,500. This is way…

Mandaue task force to hold road clearing validation dry run today

Mary Rose Sagarino 02/16/2021

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — Mandaue City’s road clearing task force will conduct a dry run to look at and evaluate partly the routes where the validation is expected to  occur on February 16, 2021. Yesterday, February 15,…

Palace crafting EO to create task force for typhoon-hit areas

Darryl John Esguerra - Reporter / @DJEsguerraINQ 11/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang has started crafting an executive order (EO) creating a task force dedicated to disaster preparedness and post-calamity rehabilitation and recovery efforts, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said Monday. This is after President Duterte ordered…

Expect jeepneys to start plying Cebu City by next week

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 11/04/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Councilor James Cuenco, the head of the Cebu City Jeepney Task Force, said that by the second week of November 2020, some jeepneys may already ply certain routes here. Cuenco told…

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