BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army fighters surrendered to the Army 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion in Barangay Del Pilar, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte on Monday, Nov. 11. DOWNTOWN Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte. “Fear is among the primary reasons that they decided to...
ILOILO CITY – The Army 12th Infantry Battalion has facilitated assistance to the family of a New People’s Army rebel killed in a clash in Libacao, Aklan province. Alvin Panoy from Lemery town in Iloilo province was the lone casualty in the evening encounter between the 12th IB and the NPA...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Troops recovered a New People’s Army arms cache following an encounter in Barangay Villa Pag-asa, Bansud, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday afternoon. TROOPS recover NPA paraphernalia and weapons following an encounter in Sitio Gitgit, Barangay Villa Pag-asa,...
Maj. Gen. Romulo A. Manuel Jr. (left), commander of the Philippine Army Reserve Command, is being briefed by Col. Richard T. Servito (middle), commander of the Army Aviation Regiment, during his visit to the Aviation Regiment based at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan, Nueva Ecija on Nov. 5, 2024. (Photo:...
Brig. Gen. Perfecto Peñaredondo, commander of 8th Infantry Division (8ID) (File photo courtesy of 8ID) Two alleged New People’s Army (NPA) fighters died in an armed encounter with the military in Catubig, Northern Samar on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Elements of the Philippine Army’s (PA) 803 rd Infantry...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army has identified the communist rebel killed in an encounter with the 12th Infantry Battalion in Libacao town, Aklan province on Oct. 31 as a high-ranking New People’s Army leader. The fatality was Alvin Panoy, alias Ka Jake or Ka Vinmar, 30, from Iloilo province....
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the Army 12th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Hilwan, Barangay Manica, Libacao town, Aklan province on Oct. 31. Troops were in the area conducting foot patrol in response to information from residents that communist fighters...
A Philippine Army (PA) personnel assists a young girl in lighting a candle for a tomb at the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Oct. 31, 2024. (Photo: PA) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) encouraged the public to remember troops who served the nation in observance of...
Philippine Army (PA) chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido (left) and military reservist Commodore Marfenio Y. Tan, president of the San Andres Fishing Industries, Inc., shake hands after the signing of a deed of donation for a five-hectare land donation made by the General Santos City-based fishing...
A Philippine Army (PA) trooper engaged in relief work for victims of Tropical Storm "Kristine" is given first aid treatment by his comrades after he got hit by shrapnel from an anti-personnel mine during an encounter between the 49th Infantry Battalion and New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Pio...
Military, police, and fire personnel work hand-in-hand in unloading relief goods from a Philippine Air Force (PAF) C-130 aicraft at the Naga Airport on Oct. 26, 2024 for distribution to victims of Severe Tropical Storm "Kristine". (Photo: PAF) In the wake of the devastation wrought by Severe...
Australian Army personnel help soldiers from the Philippine Army's (PA) 9th Infantry Division in distributing food packs to evacuees in Naga City on Oct. 24, 2024 in the aftermath of Severe Tropical Storm "Kristine". The Australian troops are in the country for the Exercise Kasangga. (Photo: PA)...
