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Binay questions NTF-ELCAC projects: Sen. Nancy Binay, during the virtual hearing on the proposed P2.228 billion budget of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and its attached agencies for 2022 as well as the allocation of local government units (LGUs), including the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Wednesday, October 20, 2021, questions the appropriation for lot acquisition for housing projects under the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) program when there was no list for housing projects. DBM officer-in-charge Usec. Tina Rose Marie Canda said she would check on the list if LGUs had expanded their projects to include housing. NTF-ELCAC is a task force organized by the government of the Philippines to respond and raise awareness on the ongoing communist rebellion in the Philippines. (Screen grab/Senate PRIB)