ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – Fighting between government troops and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) backed by lawless elements (LLEs) in Ungkaya Pukan, Basilan stopped amid calls for a ceasefire on Thursday, Nov. 10. UNGKAYA Pukan, Basilan The firefight, occasionally intense and sporadic, began at...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – The chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace negotiating panel with the government has called for the cessation of hostilities in Barangay Ulitan, Ungklaya Pukan, Basilan. In a statement released here on Wednesday, Nov. 9, MILF peace implementing panel chair...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has expressed that the institution he commands, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), must be modernized to meet necessary preparations amid the current geo-political tensions. While the Philippines wants to live in peace, Marcos said it is “crucial” for the...
A high-ranking delegation of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) visited the Philippines on Monday, Nov. 7, to further enhance the military cooperation between the two countries. Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro (right), Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), shakes hands with...
SAGAMI BAY, Japan -- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged Sunday to beef up Japan's naval and military capacity, warning that nations must prepare to face aggressors. Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (centre L) gives instructions during his speech onboard the Japanese ship JS Izumo during an...
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea unsuccessfully fired an intercontinental ballistic missile during a new salvo of launches Thursday, the South Korean military said, with Washington urging all nations to enforce sanctions on Pyongyang. Television screens show a news report about the latest North...
BACOLOD CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an encounter with the Army 62nd Infantry Battalion (IB) in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Saturday, Oct. 29. TROOPS recover items, including an explosive and two firearms, following encounters with communist guerrillas in...
ILOILO CITY – Two New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were killed in an encounter with government forces in Alimodian town, Iloilo province on Friday, Oct. 28. The 3rd Infantry Division (ID) of the Philippine Army confirmed the death of the two communist rebels in a report on Saturday, Oct. 29. Lt....
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – The Philippine National Police (PNP) and Philippine Army unearthed a New People’s Army (NPA) arms cache in a forested area in Ragay, Camarines Sur on Monday, Oct. 25. Lt. Col. Malu Calubaquib, Police Regional Office-5 spokesperson, said recovered were four M16 rifles, one...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro has chosen an experienced officer in security operations and intelligence to head the primary military task force operating in Metro Manila. Colonel Alexei Musñgi (Courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines)...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela – The military said 350 members of Anakpawis in Annafatan, Amulung, Cagayan pledged allegiance to the government on Friday, Oct. 21. They burned the flags of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front...
BACOLOD CITY – A member of the New People’s Army (NPA) involved in the series of encounters in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental voluntarily surrendered to the Army 94th Infantry Battalion (IB) on Wednesday, Oct. 18. AN NPA rebel involved in a series of encounters in Barangay Carabalan,...
