TABUK CITY, Kalinga – The Cordillera Administrative Region, composed of the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, and Mountain Province, as well as the cities of Baguio and Tabuk, was declared insurgency free and under a Stable Internal Peace and Security status during the Regional...
BUTUAN CITY – The entire Caraga region was formally declared under a state of Stable Internal Peace and Security (SIPS) on Thursday, marking the culmination of decades of efforts to end insurgency in the area. The declaration was made at a gathering of governors, mayors, government line agencies,...
LUCENA CITY, Quezon – The Armed Forces of the Philippines and Department of the Interior and Local Government on Friday, June 12, declared the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon) region insurgency free, the first in the country this year. The Stable Internal Peace and...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Armed Forces of the Philippines has declared Gloria as a municipality in this province under Stable Internal Peace and Security (SIPS) status following the absence of armed encounters with anti-government forces and communist threat and influence. Local...
TACLOBAN CITY – Biliran was declared under a Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition (SIPS) on Wednesday, September 11. The declaration cemented the province's freedom from the influence of the New People’s Army. ESPINA (FB) Gov. Gerard Espina attributed the development to the collective...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Police Lt. Gen. Rhoderick Armamento, commander of the Area Police Command-South Luzon, said the New People's Army is moving to recover lost ground in Southern Luzon. POLICE Lt. Gen. Rhoderick Armamento (center), head of the Area Police Command-South Luzon, leads the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipality of Matag-ob in Leyte was declared under a Stable Internal Peace and Security status on Friday, May 17. Mayor Bernandino Tacoy was elated over the achievement. THE town of Matag-ob in Leyte province achieved a SIPS status on Friday, May 17. Tacoy said the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Palompon, Leyte Mayor Ramon Oñate expressed optimism that investors will increase in their municipality following the declaration of Stable Internal Peace and Security on Friday, May 17. "There is no prosperity if there is no peace," the mayor said during the signing of a...
TACLOBAN CITY – The municipality of Bontoc in Southern Leyte has been declared under a state of Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition. The Municipal Task Force-ELCAC declared the entire municipality under SIPSC on Monday, May 6, through Municipal Peace and Order Council Resolution No....
CATARMAN, Northern Samar – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Major Gen. Camilo Ligayo, commander of the 8th Infantry Division, announced that Northern Samar is now under a state of Stable Internal Peace and Security after no active NPA guerilla fronts were found...
A town in the province of Laguna has been declared free from the clutches of the New People’s Army. PEACE was achieved as the municipality of Cavinti, Laguna has been declared insurgency-free. (Photo via Danny Estacio) Cavinti was the third town in Laguna declared by the 2nd Infantry Division of...
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Nueva Ecija – The province of Bataan has been placed under a state of stable internal peace and security following the ceremonial signing of the declaration led by Gov. Jose Enrique Garcia III at the provincial capitol in Balanga City, Bataan on Wednesday, February 21. OFFICIALS...