Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has floated the idea of subjecting military personnel in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), specifically the auxiliary members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU), to a training on rules of engagement. Dela Rosa, former Philippine...
BACOLOD CITY – A father and his son were killed by a Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) during a commotion in Barangay Montilla, Moises Padilla, Negros Occidental on Tuesday, January 2. Police identified the fatalities as Godofredo Templatura, 70, and his son,...
BACOLOD CITY – Six patrol bases of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) recently received P150,000 cash assistance from the local government of Murcia in Negros Occidental. MAYOR Gerry Rojas (fifth from right) turns over financial assistance of P25,000 each...
BACOLOD CITY – The Army 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) recently welcomed 64 new members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit (CAFGU) Active Auxiliary (CAA) in Negros Island. They are comprised of four former combatants and 60 dependents of the Rebolusyonaryong Partidong Manggagawa ng...
ISULAN, Sultan Kudarat – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency arrested on Friday, November 10, a militiaman who yielded some 300 grams of shabu worth P2 million during an entrapment operation in Tacurong City on Friday, November 10. A CAFGU member was arrested in a buy-bust operation in...
SANTA CRUZ, Laguna – One-hundred forty-four Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit dependents received livelihood assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Laguna, the provincial government of Laguna, and the Philippine Army on Wednesday, September 27. The distribution of...
AFP Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. visits the wake of five CAFGU members who died in an armed encounter with New People's Army rebels in Tagkawayan, Quezon on Sept. 8, 2023. (Photo by AFP) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. lauded the bravery and selfless commitment of...
Five members of the Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) were killed following a deadly encounter with suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Tagkawayan, Quezon on Friday morning, August 1. Lt. Col. Hector Estolas, spokesperson of the 2 nd Infantry Division (2ID), said the...
TAGKAWAYAN, Quezon – Five members of the Citizen’s Armed Forces Geographical Unit-Active Auxiliary (CAA) were killed and three were wounded, including a soldier, in an encounter with the New People's Army (NPA) on Friday morning, September 1, in Sitio Pag-Asa, Barangay Mapulot, this town. The...
BACOLOD CITY - A policeman and two civilians, including a teenager, were wounded after they were shot by a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (Cafgu) in a fiesta in Barangay Alimango, Escalante City, Negros Occidental on Saturday, July 1. A POLICEMAN is treated in a private...
CABADBARAN CITY, Agusan del Norte – A member of the Civilian Active Auxiliary-Civilian Armed Forces Ground Unit (CAA-CAFGU) shot dead by suspected New People’s Army rebels in Remedios T. Romualdez (RTR) town, this province, was given full military honors by the Army 29th Infantry (Matatag)...
ELEVEN former NPA rebels and 14 CAA members complete their 45-day training on Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) National Certificate 1 at the 94th IB headquarters in Barangay Tambo, Ayungon, Negros Oriental on Friday, Feb. 17. (Photo courtesy of 94th IB) BACOLOD CITY – The Army 94th Infantry...
