PENABLANCA, Cagayan – Four New People’s Army (NPA) members surrendered to State to the Army here Thursday, Aug. 25 The surrenderers were in their middle and early 20s and members of the Komiteng Probinsya-Isabela. Brig. Gen. Danilo Benavides, Joint Task Force Liberator commander, said they...
NUEVA ECIJA -- The elements of 91st Infantry Batallion (Sinagtala), together with the 2nd Special Action Battalion, and Special Action Force discovered two alleged lairs of Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-Terrorist on Aug. 18 and 19 in the boundaries of Gabaldon and General...
TACLOBAN CITY – With more bodies being retrieved near the site of an encounter between government troops and communist guerrillas in Catbalogan City, Army 8th Infantry Division commander Major Gen. Edgardo de Leon said they have deployed more assets and personnel to ramp up the search and...
The Philippine Army’s (PA) 6th Field Artillery Battalion, also known as the “Deadly Accurate” battalion, conducted live-fire drills in Maguindanao province recently to enhance the efficiency of its personnel, a ranking official said Wednesday, August 24. Philippine Army artillerymen fire...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Soldiers unearthed a New People’s Army (NPA) arms cache in Lupon, Davao Oriental after a tip from two former leaders, the Army 10th Infantry Division (ID) said Friday, Aug 19. NPA guns discovered in Lupon, Davao Oriental. (FB) In an interview, Capt. Mark Anthony Tito, 10th ID...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela – Two soldiers were killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Lenneng, Kabugao, Apayao Thursday, Aug. 18. The fatalities were identified as 2nd Lt. Nasser Dimalanes, 28, and Private First Class Jaime Fontanilla Jr., 29. A...
In a male-dominated field such as the military, women are slowly setting their own path and etching their names in the history books. Lt. Col. Jannette Chavez-Arceo (Res) / Photo from Philippine Army One of them is Lt. Col. Jannette Chavez Arceo, a Philippine Army (PA) reservist who was recently...
LUNA, Apayao – A soldier was reported killed while another was wounded during the Philippine Army’s encounter with the Communist Terrorist Group (CTG) on Thursday afternoon, Aug. 18, at the boundary of Conner and Cabugao towns in this province. Col. Reynaldo Ogay, provincial director of the...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – The Army 10th Infantry Division (ID) has formally declared Davao Occidental as insurgency-free during a ceremony in Malita, Davao Occidental Thursday, Aug. 18. MAP of the Philippines with Davao Occidental highlighted. Major Gen. Nolasco Mempin, Army 10th ID commander, said the...
ILOILO CITY – The Army 12th Infantry Battalion (IB) captured firearms and ammunition from the New People’s Army (NPA) following an encounter in Lambunao, Iloilo Monday, August 15. GUNS, bullets, and other items left by the New People’s Army following an encounter in Lambunao, Iloilo. (12th IB...
The Philippine Army (PA) said Wednesday, August 17, that it has installed a top military spy as its new inspector general in a ceremony held at the PA Headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Maj. Gen. Jose Eriel M. Niembra is installed as the new Philippine Army (PA) Inspector General in a...
Elite forces of the Philippine Army (PA) and United States Army kicked off a month-long bilateral training drills in Palawan on Monday, August 15. Members of the Philippine Army’s Special Forces Regiment (Airborne) and U.S. Army Special Operations Command Pacific (SOCPAC) pose for a token photo...
