President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday, March 23, underscored the importance of being vigilant against communist terrorist groups as he expressed concern over the spate of violence in Masbate. The Chief Executive sounded off his concerns on Twitter a day after another firefight...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he is now seeing the end of the government's half-a-century war with communist rebels and that the country's soldiers must now take on a new role to ensure that no one can sow fear in the country. Marcos said this as he participated in the 126th...
CAMP DANGWA, Benguet – Fifty members of the Communist Terrorist Group have surrendered to the government, with the latest addition being a 30-year-old man in the province of Abra who voluntarily surrendered to the Police Regional Office-Cordillera, La Trinidad, Benguet, on August 1....
The notorious Abu Sayaff Group is starting to weaken tremendously with the rising number of rebels surrendering and going back to the folds of the government, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos said Friday, August 5. Photo from DILG Secretary Benhur...
CAMP MELCHOR F. DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela -- The military has identified six of the eight bodies believed to be members of the New People’s Army which were recovered in Barangay Canadam, Maconacon in this province. The recovered bodies were members of the terrorist group Isabela Provincial...
The Philippines raised concerns over the New People’s Army (NPA)’s continued use of improvised explosive devices (IED) functioning as landmines at a United Nations experts’ meeting in Geneva, Switzerland a day after the terrorist group reportedly detonated an IED in Samar, killing one soldier...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) assured on Tuesday, June 21, that it will thwart any attempt of leftist groups to throw into disarray the inauguration of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong’’ Marcos Jr. In a statement, the DILG specifically pointed out that it would...
CAMP MELCHOR F DELA CRUZ, Upi, Gamu, Isabela -- The 5th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army will push through the dismantling of the remaining two regional committees of the communists terrorist groups (CTGs) to attain 100% peace and inclusive progress. Major Gen. Laurence E. Mina, Commander...
In just 24 hours, a total of 75 alleged communist rebels and local terrorists surrendered to the military in Mindanao, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) disclosed Saturday, March 19. (File photo / MANILA BULLETIN) Col. Jorry Baclor, chief of the AFP public affairs office, said the surrender...
The national government has approved the P72 million worth of development projects in 18 barangays in Cagayan as part of initiatives to download programs and projects in areas used to be infested by communist rebels. The fund will finance the 22 proposed infrastructure projects under the Local...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año confirmed Wednesday, Feb. 16 that reports had reached him about the plan of Hamas, a Middle East based Islamic group, to establish a foothold in the country. In a message to reporters, Año said the revelation of the...
Daesh leader Abu Ibrahim Al Hashami Al Qureshi (AFP) WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) - President Joe Biden said Thursday that a ''terrorist threat to the world'' was removed when the head of the Islamic State blew himself up, as US special forces swooped on his Syrian hideout in an ''incredibly...
