Transformation Program: Empowering FRs as agents of peace and development
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – At first glance, Noel Legaspi looks like a popular anime character with his brightly dyed, brushed up hair and colorful headband.
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – At first glance, Noel Legaspi looks like a popular anime character with his brightly dyed, brushed up hair and colorful headband.
PASAY CITY (16 May 2023) – The national government is determined to help former rebels (FRs) fully reintegrate into mainstream society and rebuild their lives as peaceful and productive citizens of society.
This, as the National Amnesty Commission (NAC) and the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) which aims to fast track the amnesty applications of FRs.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Presidential Peace adviser Isidro Purisima said high-ranking leaders of the Communist Party of The Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP/NPA/NDF) are welcome to join local peace dialogues, as he urged them to support the Marcos Administration’s peace agenda. (more…)
DAVAO CITY — The national government’s efforts to put an end to the decades-long communist insurgency got a major boost as peace stakeholders gathered here on Wednesday for a planning workshop on the Transformation Program for former rebels (FRs).
The two-day workshop was spearheaded by the National Local Peace Engagement (LPE) Cluster of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC), through its co-chair, the LPE-Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG),
The Transformation Program aims to ensure the successful integration of FRs into mainstream society and strengthen the resiliency of CTG-cleared communities.
PASAY CITY – Former rebels, now referred to as friends rescued (FRs), signed on Monday a contract with the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU), which officially makes them members of a Special Project Team (SPT) who will help implement the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) Transformation Program. (more…)
PICC, PASAY CITY — The National Amnesty Commission (NAC) convened here on Tuesday to finalize the draft of the Implementing Rules and Regulations of the Amnesty Program for former rebels.
Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur (07 October 2022) — Around 160 former rebels now called “Friends Rescued” converged here in this coastal municipality for the first-ever provincial-level Transformation Program (TP) Planning that culminated in a “Regional Friends Rescued Summit.”
PASIG CITY– Localized peace engagements (LPE) under the National Task Force to End Local Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) have proven to be the most effective way of addressing the decades-long communist insurgency, according to Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. (more…)
CAMP AGUINALDO, QUEZON CITY – The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) confirmed on Friday that localized peace talks will continue to be carried out under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
CLARK, PAMPANGA— The Regional Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (RTF-ELCAC) 3 has been highly successful in carrying out anti-insurgency efforts and in providing the much-needed government services to communities in its area of coverage. (more…)