BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PS15), BRP Heracleo Alano (PC380), and BRP Nestor Reinoso (PC376) hold a maritime and sovereignty patrol off Luzon Strait from April 9 to 10, 2025. (Photo: Northern Luzon Command) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced on Saturday, April 12, that it had...
A crew member of BRP Jose Rizal monitors the presence of a People's Liberation Army-Navy warship by China in the West Philippine Sea on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo: Philippine Navy) Three Chinese warships have been spotted in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) by the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
President Marcos has turned over a check from the Office of the President (OP) worth P80.9 million to Camp Navarro General Hospital (CNGH), the newly constructed medical facility of the Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom). NEW MEDICAL FACILITY — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. is...
The Western Mindanao Command, Armed Forces of the Philippines unveils the flag of newly-created Joint Task Force "Orion". (Photo by WestMinCom) A new task force created by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will run after the remnants of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in Mindanao. Joint Task...
Major General Steve Crespillo, an experienced combatant who hunted communist rebels in the Cordilleras and Northern Luzon, was appointed as the 17 th commander of the Philippine Army’s (PA) Western Mindanao Command (WestMinCom), the Department of National Defense (DND) bared Saturday, August 26....
A soldier was killed while at least seven other law enforcers were injured when unidentified assailants ambushed Vice Mayor Ahmadin Baharim of Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan on Saturday, August 12. The vice mayor was safe. Barangay Ulitan, Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan (Courtesy of Joint Task Force Basilan) Major...
The Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom) stood by its report that the seven individuals slain in an alleged encounter in Maguindanao del Sur over the weekend were members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF). *(Courtesy of Western Mindanao Command) * A report from the WesMinCom...
The “amir” or leader of the Daulah Islamiyah (DI)-Philippines, an Islamist militant group, was killed in a law enforcement operation in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur before dawn Wednesday, June 14. *(Photo courtesy of Western Mindanao Command) * Faharudin Hadji Benito Satar with aliases Faharudin...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Major Gen. Roy Galido took over as the new chief of the Western Mindanao Command, replacing Major Gen. Arturo Rojas who has been promoted. MGen. Galido formally assumed the position during a change of command ceremony held at the Western Mindanao Command gym on Friday, Jan. 20....
Six New People’s Army rebels were killed in a series of encounters in Barangay Chua, Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, Nov. 24, the military said. TROOPS recovered guns and other items left behind following an encounter with the New People's Army in Sultan Kudarat on Thursday, Nov. 24....
An alleged communist leader and two of his followers were killed in a series of military assaults in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat on Saturday, July 30. (Graphics: Western Mindanao Command) The Western Mindanao Command WestMinCom) identified the fatalities as Ian Dela Rama alias “Cris;” Valerio...
The alleged spokesperson of the Islamic State-East Asia (ISIS-EA) was killed in a military operation in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao on Monday, June 6. Abdulfatah Omar Alimuden alias Abu Huzaifah, the alleged spokesperson of the Islamic State-East Asia (ISIS-EA), was killed in a military...
