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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reported on Thursday, May 19, a total of 27 election-related incidents, citing data from the Philippine National Police (PNP).

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) said.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) turned out to be the most trusted and approved government agency, according to a recent survey of an independent and non-commissioned survey.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Saturday, March 12, asked the civilian population to stop alluding the military to any political activity as the organization remains to be non-partisan ahead of the May 9 elections.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has identified the new commanders of the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) and Western Command (WESCOM) following the recent and upcoming retirements of senior military officers.

Soldiers based in Sulu still remember the tragedy that struck on July 4 this year when a Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft crashed after a failed landing at the Jolo airport. The crash, which claimed the lives of 50 military personnel and three civilians, is considered as the deadliest aviation accident in the history of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

General Jose Faustino Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), bestowed the Medal of Valor (Medalya ng Kagitingan) to a Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) officer who offered his life to save four of his comrades and extricate the body of another who was slain during the Marawi siege in 2017.

Two employees of the Bureau of Customs were arrested in an entrapment operation after they were accused of extorting money from an importer in exchange for the release of a shipment.

The Senate on Monday approved on third and final reading the measure seeking to set the term of the chief of staff and other senior military officers holding key positions in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to three years.

President Duterte appealed to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to deploy members of their medical corps to help hospitals amid the rise of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.

As tropical storm “Jolina” exited the country’s area of responsibility (AOR), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Office of Civil Defense (OCD) fielded rescue personnel and assets in areas that are expected to be affected by typhoon “Kiko” in northern Luzon as it continued to intensify Friday, September 10.

Long before Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr. was appointed as Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), he has already inspired various people from all walks of life, including a mother who went on to raise the child in her womb as a member of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) just because of a few kind words and a soft pat on her bulging baby bump from the general more than two decades ago.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) paid tribute Monday, August 2, to a retiring military engineer who helped build emergency quarantine facilities for soldiers who got infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Fortifying the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) defense posture will help the military to better defend the country’s territory from internal and external threats, including its maritime interests in the hotly-contested West Philippine Sea (WPS).

President Duterte has appointed Lt. Gen. Jose Faustino Jr. as the next chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Malacañang announced Friday, July 30.

President Duterte urged Congress to pass two new laws that will benefit government troops as he looked back at how he improved the capability of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help them carry out their duties to the public.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) paid its final tribute to the late former President Benignoy Aquino III on Saturday, July 24.

Government trading arm Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC) was tagged anew as the culprit in the inability of government agencies to use of millions of pesos worth of important equipment and supplies urgently needed in the operations of said agencies.