Hermosilla Villamor Compoc (right) hugs her tearful daughter, Jerrylou, as they view the remains of their family's patriarch, Domingo, during his wake in Bohol. Mr. Compoc was among the five New People's Army (NPA) rebels who died in an encounter with joint military and police units in Bilar, Bohol...
General Romeo Brawner Jr. (fourth from right), Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, receives the 4th Metrobank Foundation Award for Partner in Empowerment, Advocacy, and Commitment to Excellence (PEACE) given by the Metrobank Foundation Inc. to the AFP during its 45th founding...
Photo shows BRP Nestor Acero (PG-901, right) and BRP Lolinato To-Ong (PG-902, left) as they are christened at the headquarters of the Philippine Navy in Manila on Nov. 28, 2022. In March 2024, the Philippine Navy will commission two additional missile boats. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) denied that Hannah Jay Cesista, a Bar passer who died in an encounter by state security forces with New People’s Army (NPA) in Bohol, was tortured and killed. Col. Francel Margareth Padilla, AFP spokesperson, said that claims on the circumstances of the...
Troops of the newly-activated 11th Field Artillery Battalion stand in formation during the unit's activation at Fort Ramon Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija on Sept. 12, 2023. (Photo by Philippine Army) The Philippine Army (PA) will recruit nearly 5,000 individuals to be part of their regular...
President Marcos has directed the Department of National Defense (DND) to ensure that there will be zero to minimal casualties during operations by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against enemies of the State. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. bared this as he commended the...
(Front to back) BRP Gregorio del Pilar, BRP Jose Rizal, and USS Gabriel Gaffords (LCS-10) conduct tactical maneuvers in the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 23, 2023 as part of the Philippines-United Staes Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA). (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) In the coming...
Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel encounter alleged New People's Army (NPA) fighters in Bilar, Bohol on February 23, 2024. (Courtesy of 47th Infantry Battalion) (Updated) Five alleged communist rebels and a Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel were killed...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. renders a salute to one of the six soldiers who died in a recent encounter with the Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) during his visit to Camp Major Cesar Sang-an in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on February 20, 2024. (Photo by...
The continuing pursuit operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) against members of the Islamic State (IS)-linked Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group who allegedly perpetrated a bomb attack at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City last year resulted in yet another bloodbath on...
GUEST COLUMNIST By Lt. Gen. Jaime S. de los Santos, AFP (Ret) Last Saturday, Feb. 17, the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) welcomed its alumni for the Annual Alumni Homecoming. This event congregates Cavaliers from across the nation and the world to their esteemed alma mater for a day of...
(Courtesy of 1001st Infantry Brigade) A new landslide struck Barangay Masara in Maco, Davao de Oro on Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 13, forcing the temporary stoppage of search, rescue and retrieval operations. The landslide occurred around 2 p.m. and responders scampered to a safer ground, according to...
