INCOMING officer in charge of the Department of National Defense Jose Faustino Jr. said that like incoming national security adviser Clarita Carlos, he is against "red-tagging," but will continue to "unmask" communist terrorists.

"We are against red-tagging. We do not condone it, even when I was still with the armed forces, we do not condone red-tagging," Faustino told The Manila Times in an exclusive interview.

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