TARLAC CITY, Philippines — For newly installed Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) chief Maj. Gen. Ramiro Rey, the local communist insurgency is the biggest security challenge in his area of responsibility that he would like to focus on. “Sa ngayon ang pinaka [challenge] is the end of local communist armed conflict. ADVERTISEMENT(For now, the biggest challenge is the end of the communist armed conflict. Rey said he has yet to be fully briefed on the situation of the communist insurgency in his area, but he said the solution to this problem is beyond a military approach. The national government has created the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict to address the causes of communist insurgency at a local level.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 05, 2019 13:52 UTC