After being postponed and scaled down in the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the “Balikatan” Exercise was formally launched by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States military at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Monday, March 28. BALIKATAN OPENING -- Gen. Andres...
The leader of the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has been killed by military forces in an encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Friday, March 25. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) says Radzmil Jannatul, an Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader and the successor of the late ASG commander Furuji Indama, has...
Around 8,900 military personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Armed Forces will participate in the Balikatan 2022, the largest-ever iteration of the Philippine-led drills that will take place across Luzon from March 28 to April 8. (Photo courtesy of the US...
In just 24 hours, a total of 75 alleged communist rebels and local terrorists surrendered to the military in Mindanao, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disclosed Saturday, March 19. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Col. Jorry Baclor, chief of the AFP public affairs office, said the surrender...
As the election day nears, the University of the Philippines Law (UP Law) Center Training and Convention Division, together with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) conducted a live training program for the military officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). UP Law Center (Image...
When duty calls, the Philippine Army responds. This saying within the military organization was proven true when two female Army personnel were captured in a photograph while carrying in their arms a civilian who got involved in a vehicular accident in Tagum, Davao del Norte last March 12....
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced Tuesday, March 15, that is has already started its preparations to secure the national and local elections which will take place two months from now. (File photo) Colonel Jorry Baclor, chief of AFP public affairs office, said the military is...
The Department of National Defense (DND) and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Tuesday, March 15, that it remains firm in its resolve to be loyal to the Constitution and duly constituted authorities. Former National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson...
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. (File photo) “The Armed Forces of the Philippines would like to...
The Department of National Defense’s (DND) procurement of 17 units of Russian-made Mil Mi-17 heavy lift helicopters will push through even amid the latter’s ongoing military invasion in Ukraine. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) DND Secretary...
Contrary to allegations now circulating on social media, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) clarified Thursday, March 3, that the target of the recent combat operations in Maguing, Lanao del Sur were members of the Dawlah Islamiyah (DI) and Maute Group (MG), not the Moro Islamic Liberation...
Senator Panfilo ‘Ping’ M. Lacson intends to equip the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) with more military technology as the future of warfare is going to get more digital and electronic. Lacson, Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer, revealed this plan in a public...
