BUTUAN CITY – Three New People’s Army fighters surrendered to the Army 29th Infantry (Matatag) Battalion in Barangay Del Pilar, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte on Monday, Nov. 11. DOWNTOWN Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte. “Fear is among the primary reasons that they decided to...
Chiara G. Cox is the daughter of Arthaland vice chairman and president Jaime Gonzalez and Connie Y. Gonzalez. And as a daughter of a couple who have championed Sustainability for over a decade, way before it became a buzzword; it was no surprise to find Chiara behind the screening of a documentary...
ILOILO CITY – The Army 12th Infantry Battalion has facilitated assistance to the family of a New People’s Army rebel killed in a clash in Libacao, Aklan province. Alvin Panoy from Lemery town in Iloilo province was the lone casualty in the evening encounter between the 12th IB and the NPA...
Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla has filed a bill seeking to provide Indigenous Peoples (IPs) a bigger share of revenues generated from natural resources within the territories of indigenous cultural communities. Padilla, who chairs the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs,...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – Troops recovered a New People’s Army arms cache following an encounter in Barangay Villa Pag-asa, Bansud, Oriental Mindoro on Tuesday afternoon. TROOPS recover NPA paraphernalia and weapons following an encounter in Sitio Gitgit, Barangay Villa Pag-asa,...
A FILIPINO CHRISTMAS The Manila Hotel's decor takes inspiration from the Salakot, a traditional Filipino headgear used to shield its wearers from sunlight or rain November marks an exciting time as places left and right start having their Christmas tree lighting ceremonies. The Manila Hotel is one...
BREAKTHROUGH Bettina Osmena and Libet Virata of HWAO, with Mayor Francis Zamora, Keri Zamora, Cong. Bel Zamora-Jornada, and Estée Lauder enterprise marketing and data manager Miccah Doctolero The San Juan Medical Center (SJMC)now has its own Biological Safety Cabinet. If previously the...
Brig. Gen. Perfecto Peñaredondo, commander of 8th Infantry Division (8ID) (File photo courtesy of 8ID) Two alleged New People’s Army (NPA) fighters died in an armed encounter with the military in Catubig, Northern Samar on Tuesday, Nov. 5. Elements of the Philippine Army’s (PA) 803 rd Infantry...
HO! HO! HO! Have you been nice all year? Halloween is done, so the most wonderful time of the year is upon us. Do you already feel the Christmas cheer vibrating through the air? That Christmas feeling is now unmistakable at any Rustan’s department store. CHRISTMASTIME IN THE COUNTRY...
Tim Yap It can be liberating to not be good, to not be right, to not be proper, to not be virtuous. But the consequences would be disastrous. So every year, we have Halloween, the nightmare before Christmas when even Santa Claus takes a break from making a list and checking it...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army has identified the communist rebel killed in an encounter with the 12th Infantry Battalion in Libacao town, Aklan province on Oct. 31 as a high-ranking New People’s Army leader. The fatality was Alvin Panoy, alias Ka Jake or Ka Vinmar, 30, from Iloilo province....
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army rebel was killed in an encounter with the Army 12th Infantry Battalion in Sitio Hilwan, Barangay Manica, Libacao town, Aklan province on Oct. 31. Troops were in the area conducting foot patrol in response to information from residents that communist fighters...
