Task force foils kill plot on ‘talking heads’
Elite government forces thwarted yet another plot by local communist terrorists to assassinate government officials in the security sector, including “talking heads” of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. disclosed this Friday following a shootout in Sta. Rosa City in Laguna that led to the death of three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) hit squad tasked to carry out the kill mission.
“One of their missions is to hit NTF-ELCAC talking heads. However, they were pre-empted. Our gratitude to our partners in NTF-ELCAC, including members of the armed forces and the police,” Esperon, the Vice Chairman of the anti-communist insurgency Task Force, said.
The NTF-ELCAC official particularly lauded the officers and men of the 4th Intelligence and Security Unit and 14th Army Intelligence Battalion, the 202 Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF), Regional Intelligence Unit-4 and the Laguna Police Provincial Office for the successful operations.
Only last week, Esperon announced the addition of six more spokespersons for NTF-ELCAC. Besides Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. and Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy, the fresh batch of agency talking heads include DILG Undersecretaries Jonathan Malaya, Severo Catura and Joel Sy Egco; Asst. Secretary Celine Pialago; lawyer Marlon Bosantog and Gaye Florendo.
Parlade is the designated spokesperson on security sector c