President Marcos Jr. (middle) poses for a photo during his visit to the headquarters of 5th Infantry Division in Gamu, Isabela on June 10, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) President Marcos Jr. has directed military personnel in Northern Luzon to prepare for external threats,...
ILOILO CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army is on red alert and has deployed troops in response to the eruption of Mount Kanlaon on Monday night. TROOPS from the 79th Infantry Battalion (79 IB) have been deployed in response to the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Army has deployed more troops to the 8th Infantry “Stormtroopers” Division to strengthen the campaign against communist rebels in Eastern Visayas. These reinforcements were from the 2nd Howitzer Platoon, Bravo Company, 3rd Field Artillery Battery (3FAB) and Armor Artillery...
ILOILO CITY – The 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army, which covers Western and Central Visayas regions, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. ARMY commanding general Lt. Gen. Roy Galido (left) and Major Gen. Marion Sison (right) of the 3rd Infantry Division (ID) troops the line...
TACLOBAN CITY – The 8th Infantry “Stormtroopers” Division mourned the death of a soldier in an encounter with the New People's Army in Barangay Lourdes, Las Navas, Northern Samar, on May 16. SOLDIERS pay tribute to Corporal Isagani Balmes from the 19th Infantry Battalion who was killed in an...
ILOILO CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) rejected the call to abolish the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC). SISON It agreed with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. that NTF-ELCAC helped improve peace and order in the country. “We thank the President...
ILIGAN CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. visited the 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division in Camp Evangelista in Cagayan de Oro City on Thursday, May 16. MARCOS with other government officials pose for a photo with troopers during a visit to the 4th Infantry Division. (4th ID) Marcos, speaking...
ILOILO CITY – Major Gen. Marion Sison reiterated that the 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army is not involved in red-tagging. DEDURO and Sison. (Sine Panayanon/Army 3ID) “It is not a government policy. Such words do not really exist,” said the head of the 3rd ID following the...
GAMU, Isabela – Two soldiers were killed and four others were injured by a lightning strike during a thunderstorm while they were conducting a security operation against the New People’s Army in the boundary of Barangay Western Uma, Lubuagan and Barangay Balatoc, Pasil, Kalinga on Sunday, May...
CATARMAN, Northern Samar – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. and Major Gen. Camilo Ligayo, commander of the 8th Infantry Division, announced that Northern Samar is now under a state of Stable Internal Peace and Security after no active NPA guerilla fronts were found...
BUTUAN CITY – Nine New People’s Army rebels surrendered in Bukidnon on May 3. Lt. Col. Francisco P. Garello Jr., chief of the Public Information Office of the Army 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division, said the 88th Infantry Battalion and 26th IB, both under the 403rd Infantry (Peacemaker) Brigade...
BUTUAN CITY – Two New People’s Army leaders and six members surrendered to the military in Surigao del Sur last April. Lt. Col. Francisco P. Garello Jr., 4th Infantry (Diamond) Division (ID) Public Affairs Office (PAO) chief, said six of them turned themselves in to the 36th Infantry (Valor)...
