After being postponed and scaled down in the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the “Balikatan” Exercise was formally launched by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States military at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Monday, March 28. BALIKATAN OPENING -- Gen. Andres...
The leader of the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has been killed by military forces in an encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Friday, March 25. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) says Radzmil Jannatul, an Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader and the successor of the late ASG commander Furuji Indama, has...
Around 8,900 military personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Armed Forces will participate in the Balikatan 2022, the largest-ever iteration of the Philippine-led drills that will take place across Luzon from March 28 to April 8. (Photo courtesy of the US...
At least 8,900 members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the US military are teaming up for Balikatan 2022, the US Embassy in the Philippines said Tuesday, March 22. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) It will be the largest-ever iteration of the Philippine-led...
The UniTeam tandem of presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos and his running mate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte on Saturday, March 19 received new pledges of support from former members of uniformed services, this time coming from two groups of retired senior officers and enlisted personnel. Davao...
In just 24 hours, a total of 75 alleged communist rebels and local terrorists surrendered to the military in Mindanao, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disclosed Saturday, March 19. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Col. Jorry Baclor, chief of the AFP public affairs office, said the surrender...
As the election day nears, the University of the Philippines Law (UP Law) Center Training and Convention Division, together with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted a live training program for the military officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). UP Law Center (Image...
When duty calls, the Philippine Army responds. This saying within the military organization was proven true when two female Army personnel were captured in a photograph while carrying in their arms a civilian who got involved in a vehicular accident in Tagum, Davao del Norte last March 12....
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced Tuesday, March 15, that is has already started its preparations to secure the national and local elections which will take place two months from now. (File photo) Colonel Jorry Baclor, chief of AFP public affairs office, said the military is...
The Department of National Defense (DND) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday, March 15, that it remains firm in its resolve to be loyal to the Constitution and duly constituted authorities. Former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson...
Government anti-narcotics agents seized on Sunday, March 13, some P27 million worth of shabu following the arrest of a suspect in an anti-drug operation in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte. In a statement, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) identified the arrested suspect, Arnel Magno whom...
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Andres Centino called on Western MIndanao Command (WestMinCom) military officials and officers to remain non-partisan, and focus on their duty to ensure the safe conduct of the 2022 national and local elections. Troops...
