Members of the Philippine Army's 702nd Infantry Brigade rehearse their movements for the upcoming CATEX Katihan at Camp Tito Abat in Manaoag, Pangasinan on Feb. 14, 2025. The combined arms training exercise will officially commence on March 3 to 22. (Photo: PA) The Philippine Army (PA) is testing...
Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, commanding general of the Philippine Army, says the army is planning to buy a short-range air defense system to bolster its capability to defend the territory, during a press briefing at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City on Feb. 17, 2025. (Photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA...
BUTUAN CITY – A New People’s Army commanding officer and his vice commander were killed in an encounter with soldiers in Barangay San Lorenzo, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on Wednesday, Feb. 12. The casualties were identified as Joven, commanding officer of the Regional Sentro de Gravidad...
Myrna Sularte alias "Maria Malaya" (File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is optimistic that the death of top New People’s Army (NPA) leader Myrna Sularte, alias “Maria Malaya”, will finally free communities from the scourge of insurgency. AFP Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr....
DAVAO CITY – The death of top New People’s Army leader Myrna Sularte, also known as Maria Malaya, could lead to the downfall of the communist movement in Northern Mindanao region, the military said. Brig. Gen. Michele Anayron Jr., commander of the 4 th Infantry (Diamond)...
CAMP BANCASI, Butuan City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police said on Thursday, Feb. 13, that the death of New People’s Army leader Myrna Sularte, alias Maria Malaya, in Barangay Pianing, this city, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, is a strategic victory against the...
DAVAO CITY – Soldiers killed top New People’s Army leader Myrna Sularte, alias Maria Malaya and widow of the late NPA leader Jorge "Ka Oris" Madlos, in an encounter in Barangay Pianing, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12. MYRNA Sularte, alias Maria...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the 62nd Infantry Battalion in Barangay Talaon, La Libertad, Negros Oriental on Monday night, Feb. 10. HEAVY equipment torched by the New People’s Army in La Libertad, Negros Oriental. (Photo via 62nd IB) The casualty...
(Courtesy of Army Aviation Regiment) The Philippine Army (PA) held a ceremonial flag-raising activity inside a school situated at Camp Tinio in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija on Monday, Feb. 10, in commemoration of the establishment of the Maniquis Field, an army airfield that played a significant...
Philippine Army chief, Lt. Gen. Roy Galido (right) checks the condition of a wounded troop at Camp Navarro General Hospital in Zamboanga city on Feb. 7, 2025, nearly three weeks since an ambush in Sumisip, Basilan that killed two soldiers and injured 12 other military personnel. (Photo: PA) Lt....
TACLOBAN CITY – Baybay City in Leyte has been declared free from the New People’s Army and now in a Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition. The declaration made after no communist rebels were sighted in the city for two years was highlighted by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
Philippine Army (PA) chief Lt. Gen. Roy Galido (right) designates Col. Victorino M Seño as the head of the Office of the Chief Infantry in a ceremony at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City on Feb. 6, 2025. (Photo: PA) The Philippine Army (PA) said Friday, Feb. 7, that it has reactivated its Office of...