REAL, Quezon - The military recovered a New People's Army (NPA) arms stash after an encounter in Barangay Tanauan, here on Wednesday April 16. The Army 2nd Infantry Division said these were an M16 rifle, 14 long magazines, a hand grenade, two rounds of 40mm live ammunition, an ICOM radio, five...
ILOILO CITY — The 61st Infantry Battalion (IB) recently retrieved and buried the body of a New People’s Army (NPA) killed in an encounter in Valderrama, Antique. SOLDIERS bury an NPA rebel in Dumarao town, Capiz province. (Army 61st IB) The 61st IB, with the 12th Infantry Battalion (IB), buried...
Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, commanding general of Philippine Army (PA), confers with a relative of a slain soldier during his visit to the St. Peter Funeral Homes in Zamboanga City on April 13, 2025. Two personnel of 18th Infantry Battalion died in an ambush perpetrated by lawless elements in Tuburan,...
Philippine Army chief Lt. Gen. Roy M. Galido (left) and General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, engage in a bilateral meeting at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters in Hanoi. Galido visited Vietnam from April 7 to 10, 2025 for a series of activities...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A former high-ranking commander of the communist New People's Army (NPA) surrendered in Bukidnon province and turned over several high-powered firearms, police said Thursday. Col. Jovit Culaway, director of the Bukidnon Provincial Police Office, announced in a press briefing...
Soldiers recovered a large New People's Army (NPA) arms cache in Labo town, Camarines Norte on Wednesday, April 9. Lt. Col. Jeffrex Molina, spokesman of the 2 nd Infantry Division, said the 16th Infantry Battalion under the 201st Infantry Brigade found the weapons in Barangay Exciba following...
BUTUAN CITY – The New People’s Army burned a warehouse for cassava in Sitio Kalipay, Barangay San Luis, Malitbog, Bukidnon province on Saturday, April 5. A CASSAVA warehouse was torched by communist rebels in Bukidnon on April 5. (4th ID) Major Gen. Michele B. Anayron Jr., commanding general of...
LOPEZ, Quezon – A New People’s Army leader on Sunday revealed the location of an arms cache in this town. Darwin Palo, alias Queen, who was arrested on March 27, disclosed the weapons to the 85th Infantry Battalion which unearthed them in Barangay Mal-ay. The 201st Infantry Brigade said...
A collapsed structure in Myanmar (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) (UPDATED) The Philippine Army (PA) said Saturday, April 5, that it has begun searching for signs of life in Myanmar after the devastating magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck the country last week. The troops are still hoping...
The Typhon Mid-Range Capability (MRC) missile system arrives in Northern Luzon on April 7, 2024 for the Salaknib Exercise between the Philippine Army and United States Army Pacific. (Photo: USARPAC) A “small” unit of the Philippine Army (PA) is being trained on how to use and maintain the...
Philippine Army Vice Commander, Maj. Gen. Leodevic Guinid (left) and US Army Pacific 25th Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General, Brig. Gen. Jonathan Velishka are in a huddle with other PA and USARPAC officials to discuss activities for Exercise Sabak 2025 which kicked off in Fort Magsaysay,...
Philippine Army chief, Lt. Gen. roy Galido delivers his speech during the 128th anniversary of the PA in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on March 22, 2025. (Courtesy of RTVM) Philippine Army (PA) chief Lt. General Roy Galido on Saturday, March 22, underscored the change in focus of the Army from...
