CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A former high-ranking commander of the communist New People's Army (NPA) surrendered in Bukidnon province and turned over several high-powered firearms, police said Thursday. Col. Jovit Culaway, director of the Bukidnon Provincial Police Office, announced in a press briefing...
Soldiers recovered a large New People's Army (NPA) arms cache in Labo town, Camarines Norte on Wednesday, April 9. Lt. Col. Jeffrex Molina, spokesman of the 2 nd Infantry Division, said the 16th Infantry Battalion under the 201st Infantry Brigade found the weapons in Barangay Exciba following...
BUTUAN CITY – The New People’s Army burned a warehouse for cassava in Sitio Kalipay, Barangay San Luis, Malitbog, Bukidnon province on Saturday, April 5. A CASSAVA warehouse was torched by communist rebels in Bukidnon on April 5. (4th ID) Major Gen. Michele B. Anayron Jr., commanding general of...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A New People’s Army leader on Sunday revealed the location of an arms cache in this town. Darwin Palo, alias Queen, who was arrested on March 27, disclosed the weapons to the 85th Infantry Battalion which unearthed them in Barangay Mal-ay. The 201st Infantry Brigade said...
A collapsed structure in Myanmar (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) (UPDATED) The Philippine Army (PA) said Saturday, April 5, that it has begun searching for signs of life in Myanmar after the devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck the country last week. The troops are still hoping...
The Typhon Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system arrives in Northern Luzon on April 7, 2024 for the Salaknib Exercise between the Philippine Army and United States Army Pacific. (Photo: USARPAC) A “small” unit of the Philippine Army (PA) is being trained on how to use and maintain the...
Philippine Army Vice Commander, Maj. Gen. Leodevic Guinid (left) and US Army Pacific 25th Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Jonathan Velishka are in a huddle with other PA and USARPAC officials to discuss activities for Exercise Sabak 2025 which kicked off in Fort Magsaysay,...
Philippine Army chief, Lt. Gen. roy Galido delivers his speech during the 128th anniversary of the PA in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on March 22, 2025. (Courtesy of RTVM) Philippine Army (PA) chief Lt. General Roy Galido on Saturday, March 22, underscored the change in focus of the Army from...
Amid recent criticisms surrounding his administration, President Marcos has underscored the importance of government integrity in securing national progress and that peace and order serve as the foundation for prosperity. (RTVM Screenshot) Marcos said this as he led the 128th anniversary of the...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army rebel recently surrendered to the police in Silay City, Negros Occidental. Forty-year-old Ka Nonoy, a laborer and a resident of Barangay Guimbala-on, Silay City, turned over a caliber .38 revolver and an improvised 12-gauge double-barrel shotgun. Ka Nonoy...
BACOLOD CITY – Three soldiers were wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Sitio Bairan, Barangay Gen. Luna, Toboso, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, March 18. SAMSON (FB) The 3rd Infantry Division said that the 79th Infantry Battalion was responding to reports of atrocities in...
Major General Adonis Ariel Orio, commander of 8th Infantry Division, visits the headquarters of the 8th Civil-Military Operations Battalion in Santa Rita, Samar on March 13, 2025. (File photo: 8ID) Three suspected communist rebels were killed in a series of armed encounters between the Philippine...
