The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has identified Brig. Gen. Eduardo Gubat as the acting commander of the Philippine Army’s (PA) 6th Infantry Division based at Camp Siongco in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao. Lt. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., commanding general of the Philippine Army, presides...
ILOILO CITY -- The Philippine Army seized assorted firearms hidden by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Tubungan town, Iloilo province this week. Soldiers of the 61st Infantry Battalion (61 IB) of the Philippine Army find the hidden firearms and armaments of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in...
PANGASINAN – Police authorities arrested a dismissed member of the Philippine Army for his alleged involvement in illegal drugs trade on Wednesday at the Brgy. San Leon, Umingan in this province. The Pangasinan police said the suspect, Mark Christian Velo, 40, was a high value individual priority...
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The top official of the Philippine Army’s 58th Infantry Battalion has vowed to conduct thorough investigation against soldiers allegedly involved in a harassment incident in Looc village, Villanueva town in Misamis Oriental on Sunday night, May 8. The Villanueva Municipal...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is monitoring the security situation in 114 cities and municipalities that were placed under the red category of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which means that there is a grave security concern there, and those that were under total control by the...
By Jan Chavez-Arceo I used to reference my own motherhood travails in navigating the corporate terrain, so to me mothers who were corporate mavericks were super moms. This was before I was fully immersed in the even more challenging realities of women in active military service who also tended to...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City -- “We will not allow violence, terror, and intimidation to happen, not during our watch.” Thus said Lieutenant General Rodolfo Azurin, Commander of Area Police Command-Northern Luzon, on Thursday, during the Joint Peace Security Coordinating Committee Area (JPSCC-A)...
LAGUNA -- An army sergeant was wounded following an attack of a gunman who was killed in the exchange of gunfire in the Commission on Election (Comelec) checkpoint on Wednesday morning in Sta. Maria, this province. In a report reaching the Laguna Police Provincial Office (LPPO), the wounded soldier...
PALAYAN CITY, Nueva Ecija -- Army troops have warned the students from the Communist Terrorist Group’s (CTGs) deceptive recruitment in the different schools in Northern Luzon. Army Captain Roberto B. Apelado, the acting Civil-Military Operations Officer of the army’s 91st Infantry Battalion...
Around 75,000 personnel of the Philippine Army (PA) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) who have election duties were qualified to participate in the local absentee voting that culminated on Friday, April 29. Philippine Army troops undergo pre-voting procedure for local absentee voting on...
Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos has categorically stated that he has no "trolls", or persons paid to do his bidding in the online space. Presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) The topic about online trolls was raised during the UniTeam bet's guesting Tuesday,...
Government security forces and suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) figured in separate armed encounters in Occidental Mindoro and Masbate on Monday, April 25, which led to the death of four communist rebels and the wounding of a soldier, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)...
