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Military operations in the first half of 2023 have resulted to the arrest, death, or surrender of 156 New People's Army (NPA) rebels and seizure of 223 firearms in Visayas, the military said Sunday, July 2. *(Photo: Visayas Command) * Lt. Gen  Benedict Arevalo, commander of Visayas Command...

Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday, April 17, went to Masbate to check on students in seven public schools, where onsite classes were disrupted by clashes between security forces and communist rebels. Vice President Sara Duterte speaks before elementary students during a...

BUTUAN CITY – The Safe, Accurate, Free and Fair Election (SAFE) action center under the Joint Task Force (JTF) Diamond on Thursday, May 5, announced that all systems go for the next Monday’s 2022 National and Local Elections. The SAFE-JTF is closely coordinating with the Commission on Election...

DAVAO CITY – Security forces in Davao City are set to stage a simulation exercise (SIMEX) at the Davao Gulf to test the capability of the air force and maritime units of the government to capture terrorists during an attack. Col. Darren Comia, commander of the Task Force Davao, said in an...

Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año denounced on Tuesday, April 19, the United States State Department’s 2021 Country Report on Human Rights Practices claiming the alleged abuses committed by the country’s security forces. He said the report is a mere...