The Philippine Army (PA) clarified on Saturday, February 24, the academic affiliation of a lawyer who died in an encounter between state security forces and the New People's Army (NPA) in Bilar, Bohol. Hannah Jay Cesista alias "Maya / Lean", 26, took up law at the University of San Carlos,...
A lawyer who allegedly got recruited by the New People's Army (NPA) was among those killed in an armed encounter between the state forces and the communist group in Bilar, Bohol last Friday, February 23, the Philippine Army said. Col. Louie Dema-ala, Philippine Army spokesperson, said Hannah...
Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel encounter alleged New People's Army (NPA) fighters in Bilar, Bohol on February 23, 2024. (Courtesy of 47th Infantry Battalion) (Updated) Five alleged communist rebels and a Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel were killed...
The battle has ended, they are finally home, but the fight is far from over. The remains of six Philippine Army (PA) soldiers who died during an armed engagement with the Islamic State-linked Dawlah Islamiyah-Maute Group (DI-MG) were brought to the headquarters of the 1st Infantry Division (1ID) at...
Undersecretary Ernesto Torres Jr., executive director of National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (Photo by NTF-ELCAC) The decision of the Supreme Court (SC) to grant a temporary protection order (TPO) and writs of amparo and habeas data to two environmental activists who claimed...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army and the Philippine National Police have joined hands to sustain stable peace and security for the Visayas. MAJOR Gen. Marion Sison (right) of the 3rd Infantry Division and Police Major Gen. Robert Rodriquez (left) of the PNP Area Police Command-Visayas meet...
President Marcos hailed the heroism of four soldiers who were wounded in a recent operation against the Dawlah Islamiya-Maute Group (DI-MG). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of Cpl. Rodgen V. Quirante PA/OACPA) Marcos personally visited the combat-wounded troops at the Army...
Brig. Gen. Felix Ronnie Babac, commander of the 1001st Infantry "Pag-asa" Brigade, speaks at an online press conference on Feb. 10, 2024 to give updates on the search and rescue efforts in the landslide-hit Brgy. Masara, Maco, Davao de Oro. (Screenshot) High-tech military equipment were dispatched...
(Courtesy of 802nd Infantry Brigade / Facebook) (Updated) Two alleged New People's Army (NPA) rebels who were tagged in the killing of their former comrades who surrendered to the government died in an encounter with Philippine Army (PA) troops in Albuera, Leyte on Saturday morning, Feb. 10....
ROXAS CITY – The Antique provincial government awarded Lt. Gen. Roy M. Galido, the 66th commanding general of the Philippine Army, as a Bugal kang Antique (Pride of Antique). LT. Gen. Roy M. Galido, commanding general of the Philippine Army, receives the Bugal kang Antique (Pride of Antique)...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla answers queries from the media during a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed on...
Philippine Army (PA) soldiers shoot dead two suspected New People's Army (NPA) rebels in an encounter in Cawayan, Masbate on Feb. 5, 2024. (Courtesy of 9th Infantry Division) Two suspected New People's Army rebels died in an encounter with Philippine Army (PA) soldiers in Cawayan, Masbate on...
