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...
BACOLOD CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in a clash with the Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Sitio Upper Binataan, Barangay Quintin Remo, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Monday, Nov. 28. SCENE-of-the-Crime Operatives process the remains of a communist rebel killed...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with government soldiers in Igbaras town, Iloilo province on Saturday, Nov. 26. THE body of a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel lies on the ground after an encounter with government soldiers in Igbaras town, Iloilo province...
CAMP Melchor F. dela Cruz, Upi, Gamu, Isabela – The bodies of three members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who died of hunger were found buried in a shallow grave in Barangay Canadam, Maconacon, this province, Sunday, July 3. The bodies were identified as that of alias “Marco,” alias...
The Philippine Army (PA) has reactivated its 1st Tank Battalion which will be manned by soldiers who played a crucial role in the liberation of Marawi City from terrorist groups in 2017. Philippine Army Division's officers and enlisted personnel stand in formation during the reactivation of the 1st...
CAGAYAN -- Troops of the 77th Infantry Battalion (IB) under Joint Task Force Tala clashed with an undetermined number of communist terrorist group (CTG) members in Brgy. Sta Margarita, Baggao on Monday, Feb. 28. Ground troops led by Lt. Col. Joe Boy Kindipan were conducting regular security patrol...
Two alleged New People's Army (NPA) rebels died while two others were captured by the Philippine Army (PA) in a recent clash in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, the military announced Monday, Jan. 31. According to a military report reaching Camp Aguinaldo, the clash occured when personnel from the 2nd...
Ex Battalion Ex Battalion, the premiere hip-hop group in the Philippines, will hold their first major concert at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City - minus the audience - on Dec. 11. Dubbed "Evoluxion: An Ex Battalion Online Concert," the show will be staged at the Big Dome and various...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) paid tribute Monday, August 2, to a retiring military engineer who helped build emergency quarantine facilities for soldiers who got infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Brig. Gen. Lyndon Sollesta (right), commander of the Philippine Army's...
Operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Marine Battalion Landing Team-4 and the Naval Forces West (Navforwest) have swooped down on a coastal town in Palawan and raided several retail establishments for selling illicit cigarettes. The retail outlets, mostly sari-sari stores, were...
A suspected member of the terrorist group Dawlah Islamiya was killed while two of his comrades were arrested by the military in an armed encounter in Shariff Saydona Mustapha, Maguindanao on Saturday, July 17. media The slain terrorist was identified by the military as alias "Tong Bomber" while...
Two rookie policemen in Negros Oriental did not hesitate to donate their blood to save the life of a woman who figured in an accident in Dauin town last week. Gen. Guillermo Lorenzo Eleazar, chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP), commended on Thursday, June 17, Patrolman Reynald Tayko and...
