The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has received P3.95 million worth of financial assistance, ambulance bikes, Covid-19 vaccines and other equipment from the MVP Group of Companies in a ceremony held at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Monday, April 4. General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff...
General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has renewed the country’s commitment to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in ensuring the peace and security in the region. General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of...
General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has cited the huge improvement of the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in helping the military perform its task to serve the people and secure the nation. General Andres Centino (left), Chief of Staff of the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) acquired a Short Brothers & Harland SD3-30 transport aircraft which was donated by a mining company on Friday, April 1. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) receives a Short Sherpa cargo plane donated by Semirara Mining and Power Corporation in a...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have coordinated with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to help evacuate residents in Batangas who were displaced by Taal Volcano’s eruption, officials disclosed on Wednesday, March 30. Lt. Gen. Erickson Gloria, vice...
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...
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...