Amid mounting calls for an investigation, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) maintained Saturday, Dec. 3, that the slain consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) during a military operation in Kabankalan City recently was behind “all” the attacks perpetrated...
Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. has filed a bill strengthening the employment rights for members of the Citizen Armed Forces ,or the Reserve Force of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). In his Senate Bill (SB) 1556, to be known as the “Reservist Employment Rights Act”, Revilla said...
There is no let-up in the internal security operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), to prevent the communist rebels from launching attacks that will spoil the Filipinos’...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has reacted to the petition for a writ of amparo filed by two pastors and a lay leader against the military leadership after they were allegedly tagged by personnel of the 59th Infantry "Protector" Battalion (59IB) of the 2nd Infantry Division as communist...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) organized an educational tour where 373 youth leaders from all over the country visited young cadets at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Fort del Pilar, Baguio City. Photo by Philippine Military Academy The four-day tour which ended Sunday, Nov. 27,...
National Security Adviser (NSA) Clarita Carlos condemned Saturday, Nov. 26, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), for allegedly killing two soldiers in an ambush in Sipalay City, Negros Occidental. Retired UP Professor Clarita Carlos (right)...
Six New People’s Army rebels were killed in a series of encounters in Barangay Chua, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, Nov. 24, the military said. TROOPS recovered guns and other items left behind following an encounter with the New People's Army in Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, Nov. 24....
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has approved the designation of Maj. Gen. Arthur M. Cordura as the new Vice Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Cordura assumed the second highest position in the military in a turnover ceremony presided by AFP Chief of Staff Gen....
An “unidentified floating object” was seen drifting about 800 yards off Pagasa Island in Palawan on Sunday morning, Nov. 20, which was apparently seized by the China Coast Guard (CCG). Courtesy of Coast Guard Station Kalayaan The Western Command (WESCOM) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
The country's top military officer is now an honorary member of the Philippine Navy's (PN) elite special operations forces, the Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOCOM) or Navy SEAL (sea, air, land). Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro (middle) is now an honorary member of the Philippine Navy's...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said that it has “intensified” its search for missing labor activists Alipio Juat and Elizabeth Magbanua after the Court of Appeals (CA) apparently held the military liable for their disappearance. Alipio Juat and Elizabeth Magbanua (Courtesy of AFP) In...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has achieved its target of enhancing the interoperability and readiness in joint operations of its major service commands as it concluded the AFP Joint Exercise (AJEX) “DAGIT-PA” on Friday, Nov. 18. Photo by AFP Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro, AFP...