Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. (left) renders his final salute to a fallen Philippine Army personnel on March 18, 2024 at Camp Siongco in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte. Behind him is 6th Infantry Division commander Maj. Gen. Alex Rillera, who also...
ILIGAN CITY – Three Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) members were killed in an encounter with the military in Barangay Matampay, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Wednesday, February 21. MAP of Munai, Lanao del Norte. Recovered from the encounter site was an M16 rifle. The Forward Support...
President Marcos has directed the Department of National Defense (DND) to ensure that there will be zero to minimal casualties during operations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against enemies of the State. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. bared this as he commended the...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A wounded soldier feels low morale after losing six colleagues in an encounter with the Islamic State (IS)-linked Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) in Barangay Ramain, Munai, Lanao del Norte on February 18. PRIVATE Nazareno Provido of the 44th Infantry Battalion rests as...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) admitted there was a slight "miscalculation" on the part of their operating team during the encounter against the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group in Barangay Ramain, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Sunday, February 18, where six soldiers were...
ILIGAN CITY – Armed Forces chief Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. visited on Tuesday, February 20, the wake of six soldiers killed in an encounter with the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group in Barangay Ramain, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Sunday, February 18. ARMED Forces chief Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. salutes...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. renders a salute to one of the six soldiers who died in a recent encounter with the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) during his visit to Camp Major Cesar Sang-an in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on February 20, 2024. (Photo by...
The battle has ended, they are finally home, but the fight is far from over. The remains of six Philippine Army (PA) soldiers who died during an armed engagement with the Islamic State-linked Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) were brought to the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division (1ID) at...
ILIGAN CITY – The 1st Infantry Division condoled with the family of soldiers killed in a gun battle with the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group in Barangay Ramain, Munai, Lanao del Norte on Sunday, February 18. READ:...
The continuing pursuit operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against members of the Islamic State (IS)-linked Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group who allegedly perpetrated a bomb attack at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City last year resulted in yet another bloodbath on...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla answers questions from the media during a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Feb. 13, 2024. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The death of Khadafi Mimbesa alias "Engineer", the alleged...
Personnel of the 103rd Infantry Brigade, 1st Infantry Division conduct an accounting of seized weapons from a group of Dawlah Islamiyah militants during a series of counter-terrorism operations in Piagapo, Lanao del Sur from Jan. 25 to 26, 2024. (Photo courtesy of 1st Infantry Division) Government...