CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro – The Armed Forces of the Philippines is working hard to finally dismantle the New People’s Army and eyeing the zero presence of communist rebels in the island of Mindoro by the end of this year. Col. Eric D. Guevarra, deputy brigade commander of the 203rd Brigade...
BTS ARMYs (fans) have denied initiating the #SugaChallenge in support of embattled K-pop star Suga who is being investigated for drunk driving. Last Aug. 6, Suga, who is currently fulfilling his military service as a social worker, fell off while driving an electric scooter in...
ILOILO CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division has identified the five New People’s Army rebels killed in a clash in Calinog, Iloilo, on Thursday, August 8. HIGH-POWERED firearms were recovered in an encounter between the New People’s Army and the military on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Calinog,...
The maritime situation in the West Philippine Sea has yet to calm, yet there is already a looming concern on the instability in the country's airspace. President Marco lamented this as he condemned on Sunday, Aug. 11, the air incident in Bajo de Masinloc earlier this week, stressing that the...
INFANTA, Quezon – Police arrested a New People's Army (NPA) rebel wanted for attempted murder and arson in Barangay Comon here on Friday morning, August 9. Police identified the suspect as Banini de la Cruz, 18, alias Gea, a resident of Barangay Lumutan, General Nakar, Quezon. De la Cruz was...
CAMP COL. RAFAEL C. RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Police Regional Office-13 Director Police Brig. Gen. Alan M. Nazarro on Friday afternoon, August 9, disclosed the arrest of a New People’s Army regional adviser listed as the Caraga region’s No. 1 most wanted person in Parañaque City on Monday,...
Philippine Army (PA) and United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) test fire the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during the Salaknib Exercise at the Canantong Fire Base in Laur, Nueva Ecija on Aug. 9, 2024. (Photo: PA) At the backdrop of China’s watchful eyes, the Philippine Army (PA)...
ILOILO CITY – Soldiers killed six New People’s Army rebels in separate clashes in Iloilo province this week. SIX New People's Army rebels were killed in encounters in Calinog, Iloilo this week, five of them in Barangay Aglonok. The 12th Infantry Battalion and the 82nd IB recovered five...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. graces the 61st founding anniversary of the Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) of the Philippine Army at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija on June 25, 2023. (Photo by Noel B. Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) Owing to its experience when the Marawi siege...
ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel was killed in an 15-minute encounter with soldiers in Calinog town, Iloilo province on Monday, August 5. The 12th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army has yet to identify the fatality but said he could be a ranking-leader of the NPA Central...
BACOLOD CITY – Seventeen former New People’s Army rebels from Negros Occidental recently received financial assistance totaling P228,000 from the provincial government. NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson recently turned over financial assistance to 17 former New People’s Army...
LEGAZPI CITY, Albay – A New People's Army rebel was killed in an encounter with soldiers in Barangay Tagpocol, San Fernando town, Camarines Sur province on Saturday, August 3. MUNICIPAL hall of San Fernando, Camarines Sur. (Wikipedia) The fatality was identified as Jerrymie Pustillos, alias...
