The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has received P3.95 million worth of financial assistance, ambulance bikes, Covid-19 vaccines and other equipment from the MVP Group of Companies in a ceremony held at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Monday, April 4. General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff...
General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has renewed the country’s commitment to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in ensuring the peace and security in the region. General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of...
Military personnel and suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) figured in two separate armed encounters in Sumisip, Basilan on Saturday, April 2, which left casualties on both sides. Military personnel figure in an armed encounter with suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in...
The Philippine Army (PA) and the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) have enhanced their capabilities in responding to chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats and improvised explosive devices (IED) during the ongoing Balikatan Exercises held in Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija....
General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has cited the huge improvement of the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in helping the military perform its task to serve the people and secure the nation. General Andres Centino (left), Chief of Staff of the...
The Philippine Army (PA) and Indonesian Army is planning to conduct a bilateral exercise in Jakarta, Indonesia in June to enhance their capabilities in counterinsurgency operations. The Philippine Army (PA) and Indonesian Army wrap up a four-day site inspection and conference planning activity for...
SEOUL, South Korea -- Two South Korean air force planes collided in mid-air and crashed Friday, killing three pilots and leaving one more missing, Seoul's military said. The KT-1 trainer jets crashed near Sacheon town, about 300 kilometres south of the capital Seoul, according to military...
The leader of the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has been killed by military forces in an encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Friday, March 25. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) says Radzmil Jannatul, an Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader and the successor of the late ASG commander Furuji Indama, has...
The Philippine Army (PA) revealed on Wednesday, March 23, that it is now capable of conducting surgeries outside of its camp hospitals through the use of specially-designed mobile trucks which could prove critical for the military especially in times of conflict as big as the Marawi siege in 2017....
President Duterte said he decided to allow American forces to use Philippine bases and facilities amid the ongoing armed conflict in Eastern Europe to "get it over with." President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made this statement after Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose...
WASHINGTON, United States – The United States has determined that the violence against the Rohingya minority committed by Myanmar's military amounted to genocide and crimes against humanity, an official told AFP Sunday. Hundreds of thousands of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community have fled...
An alleged member of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) yielded to the Philippine Army’s 18th Infantry Battalion in Basilan, the military said Sunday, March 20. (Courtesy of Western Mindanao Command) Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., commander of the Western Mindanao command (WestMinCom),...