The resolution of the Kalinga Provincial Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (PTF-ELCAC), Philippines dated April 28 urged all cities and municipalities in Kalinga to “require all entities presenting themselves as Non-Government Organizations (NGO)” to secure permission from the local government before conducting any activity.
The resolution was signed by Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) provincial director Anthony Manolo Ballug, which included a copy of a list of alleged List of Sectoral Front Organizations (SFO)s.
The list, prepared by the 50th Infantry Battalion (IB) of the Philippine Army, included alternative news media outfit Northern Dispatch (NorDis), College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).