President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed the controversial Antonio Parlade Jr. as deputy director-general of the National Security Council.  The appointment of Parlade, who was linked to various red-tagging controversies during his stint as spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac), was disclosed by Palace on Thursday.  “The Palace confirms …

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