BACOLOD CITY – The Army 79th Infantry Battalion has facilitated the application for amnesty of nine former members of the New People’s Army (NPA), including four with key positions in northern Negros Occidental on Wednesday, September 25. NINE former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in...
You will shop here! The very first Disney Store in the country is now open at SM Mall of Asia, and for the countless Filipino Disney fans spread across generations, that’s indeed great news. Official merchandise was what we’d make sure we shopped for when visiting the Disney parks, or finding...
DAVAO CITY – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is expanding its Resilient Livelihoods Development (RLD) project to the Indigenous Peoples (IP) communities in the mountainous town of South Upi in Maguindanao del Sur. Lionel Dabbadie, FAO representative in the...
SUSTAINABLE PARTNERSHIP From left: Jordan Tan, The Manila Bulletin head of business development, Philip Cu-Unjieng, The Manila Bulletin columnist, Dr. Raul Destura, Clinical and Translational Research Institute director at The Medical City, Jose Xavier Gonzales, chairman of the board of The Medical...
TOGETHER FOREVER All the guests in attendance for Jonathan and Kay's Bali wedding CHEERS TO THE NEWLYWEDS The author with the Jonathan and Kay Both pilots by profession, Jonathan Go and Karen Kay Bayawa officially tied the knot on Sept. 19 at the Ocean Front Apurva Chapel at the...
BACOLOD CITY – Eighteen former New People’s Army (NPA) members received P360,000 in livelihood assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Guihulngan City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday, September 18. EIGHTEEN former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels each receive P20,000...
CAMP VICENTE LIM, Laguna – Four New People's Army rebels have surrendered to the police in Batangas province. BATANGAS provincial capitol (Wikipedia) One of the surrendeters were identified as Ka Benji, 42, of the Milisya ng Bayan of the Sub-Regional Military Area 4-C under Combat...
Vicky Veloso-Barrera opening the exhibit A fashion legacy event was what transpired as SM Aura hosted the exhibit, “The Fashion Legacy of Marina Reyes Antonio.” It was a celebration that honored the fashion and design sensibilities of Marina Antonio, her daughter Malou Veloso, sisters Vicky and...
BUTUAN CITY – Troops recovered an arms cache in a New People’s Army camp following an hour-long encounter in Sitio Nalindog, Barangay Bolhoon, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur on Thursday afternoon, September 12. Found were five M16 Armalite rifles, one M203 grenade launcher, one Bushmaster rifle,...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Gamu, Isabela – A New People Army leader was killed in an encounter on Wednesday, September 11, in Barangay Baliuag, Peñablanca, Cagayan, the military said on Saturday, September 14. The Army 5th Infantry Division identified the fatality as Edgar M. Arbitrario, alias...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Two New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with soldiers in Sitio Pallay, Barangay Baliuag, Penablanca, this province, on Wednesday morning, September 11. A FORMER Polytechnic University of the Philippines student-turned-amazon was among the two...
TACLOBAN CITY – Biliran was declared under a Stable Internal Peace and Security Condition (SIPS) on Wednesday, September 11. The declaration cemented the province's freedom from the influence of the New People’s Army. ESPINA (FB) Gov. Gerard Espina attributed the development to the collective...
