Lt. Gen. William Gonzales, former Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Inspector General, formally took over the helm of the Zamboanga City-based Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) on Friday, November 3. GONZALES (Armed Forces photo) Gonzales, a member of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA)...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) is all set for the barangay elections on Monday, October 30. PRO-1 chief Police Brig. Gen. John C. Chua said that the necessary security preparations and deployment of security forces in coordination with the Comelec-Region 1 have...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – The Police Regional Office-1 (Ilocos) celebrated the 122nd Police Service Anniversary with Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Benjamin C. Acorda Jr. as guest of honor and speaker at the Agora Event Center, Thunderbird Resorts, Poro Point, City of San Fernando,...
PALO, Leyte – It was a bittersweet farewell to the service as Police Major Gen. Arthur Cabalona, deputy commander for the Area Police Command-Visayas, returned to the Police Regional Office-8 (Eastern Visayas) for his retirement honors on Thursday, Oct. 19. “It is with great sadness that I bid...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – Sen. Francis N. Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Philippine Maritime and Admiralty Zones, and Lt. Gen. Fernyl G. Buca, Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command chief, inaugurated a naval detachment in Mavulis Island in Batanes on Wednesday, October 18....
BANGUED, Abra – The Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command has called on remaining members of the New People’s Army-Komiteng Larangang Guerilla North Abra to lay down their arms and peacefully surrender to the government. THE Armed Forces-Northern Luzon Command urges members of the New...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Lt. Gen. Jaime S. de los Santos, AFP (Ret) On Sept. 6, 2023, Baguio Mayor Benjamin Magalong took the stage as the guest speaker for the National Issues Committee of the Management Association of the Philippines. The focal point of his address was the decline in the quality...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – Philippine National Police chief Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. graced the 122nd Police Service Anniversary of the Police Regional Office-5 in Camp Gen. Simeon Ola here on Friday, Oct. 13. ACORDA (PNP FB) Outstanding policemen, partner civic organizations, presentation of...
BACOLOD CITY – Major Gen. Marion Sison, commander of the Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID), met Bishop Gerardo Alminaza of the Diocese of San Carlos to strengthen collaboration for peace and development efforts in Negros Island. Sison paid a courtesy visit to Alminaza at the Bishop's Home in...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Ricardo Layug Jr., new Police Regional Office-10 (Northern Mindanao) chief, wants to focus on community engagement to improve police service and their campaign against criminality. NEW Police Regional Office-10 Director Police Brig. Gen. Ricardo Layug Jr....
The recurrence of gas supply restriction from the Malampaya field has triggered another round of shutdown for the 414-megawatt San Gabriel power plant of First Gen Corporation, according to sources from the company. The gas being fed to the San Gabriel power plant of the Lopez group is drawn from...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 has tested the capability of policemen assigned to this city, the regional capital of Western Visayas, to respond to emergency situations in a simulation exercise. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) participates in a simulation exercise at SM...
