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Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr., incumbent commander of a newly-formed joint task force (JTF) in Mindanao, has been appointed by President Duterte to be the next Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) effective Saturday, July 31. Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr. is appointed as the Chief...

A total of 42 communist rebels were killed while 53 more were arrested in an aggressive military campaign against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) since January this year. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) also reported that a total of 277 communist rebels...

The Australian government has donated some P2.7 million worth of Information Technology (IT) and multimedia equipment to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The donation was coursed under the mutually agreed Australia-Philippines Enhanced Defence Cooperation Program. Among the new equipment...