The Philippines has signed the second protocol to the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA), President Marcos announced on Wednesday, March 6. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. speaks during the leaders' plenary session at the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit in Melbourne...
TABUK CITY, Kalinga – Lawmen found a New People’s Army weapons stash in Sitio Uta, Barangay Gawaan, Balbalan, Kalinga on Tuesday, March 5. Police Capt. Ruff Manganip, spokesperson of the Kalinga police provincial office, said they received information from rebel returnees that communist weapons...
BACOLOD CITY – The number of New People’s Army combatants, including the Regional Strike Force in Negros Occidental, has dropped to 33 from 258 in 2019, Brig. Gen. Orlando Edralin, commander of the 303rd Infantry Brigade, said. Edralin said that the Central Negros 1, CN 2, and the Northern...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Bohol has extended various assistance to residents affected by the encounter between government troops and the New People’s Army in Barangay Campagao, Bilar. SOCIAL workers conduct stress debriefing on residents affected by the recent encounter in Bilar...
PINUKPUK, Kalinga – Soldiers discovered war materials hidden in an abandoned New People’s Army camp in Sitio Tappo, Barangay Limos, this town, on Saturday, March 2. TROOPS found communist war materials in Sitio Tappo, Barangay Limos, Pinukpuk, Kalinga last week. (Freddie G. Lazaro) Major Rigor...
ILOILO CITY – An M16 rifle recovered by the Philippine Army in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in San Joaquin, Iloilo was found to be one of the high-powered firearms taken from the Maasin, Iloilo police station in a raid in 2017. BRIG. Gen. Michael Samson, commander of the 301st...
President Marcos is set to meet with fellow world leaders and business leaders on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-Australian Special Summit in Melbourne from March 4 to 6. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. (RTVM screenshot) Marcos will be returning to...
HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRIPE-VINE: OUR NEW ABNORMAL At the start of this year, my first two Sunday columns spoke about Philippine tourism, and how it was so important that we get it right this time. With a country teeming with natural beauty, with beach and dive destinations dotted all...
CEBU CITY – The Armed Forces-Visayas Command on Saturday, March 2, said it had dealt a major blow to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in the Visayas through a series of operations in the month of February. FIREARMS and other items were seized in an encounter...
ILOILO CITY – Four New People’s Army rebels have been killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army in San Joaquin, Iloilo. REMAINS of three New People’s Army (NPA) rebels killed in an encounter with the Philippine Army in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. (Army 301st IB) The...
NEW YORK (AFP) -- The NBA denied a protest by the New York Knicks on Wednesday, Feb. 28, of their 105-103 loss at Houston earlier this month, although it came from a referee's mistake. Head coach Monty Williams of the Detroit Pistons talks with Cade Cunningham (AFP) The Knicks were deadlocked at...
BACOLOD CITY – A total of 149 families or 372 individuals were displaced in the latest encounter between the military and the New People’s Army in Barangay Pinapugasan, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, February 27. TROOPS recovered high-powered New People’s Army firearms in...
