Military sees no Holy Week threat
The Armed Forces of the Philippines said yesterday that it has not monitored any specific threat but assured that it ...
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2 ASG men fall
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II identified the two suspects as Hood Abdullah alias Jiking and Jimmy Bla, also known as ...
Sen. Angara wants independent PMC
Sen. Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara yesterday pushed the passage into law of a bill transforming the Philippine Marine Corps into ...
Duterte hopes AFP defeats NPA in 2019
President Duterte has said the military may be able to finish off the New People's Army before 2019 ends as ...
Col. Alvarez, Col. Pacquiao
The Commission on Appointments yesterday confirmed the appointments of nine lawmakers led by House Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez as reserve ...
AFP welcomes 188 ex-NPA members from Mindanao
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said a total of 188 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels and supporters ...
Frigates, submarines for our island country
THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Act, RA 7898, was enacted on February 23, 1995, during the administration ...
Terror threat keeps soldiers on their toes
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Monday said that it is continuously monitoring and verifying every information related to ...
AFP: A must to declare NPA as terror group
The spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it is important to declare the New People’s Army ...
Helicopters for our modernizing AFP
THE dispute that arose over our planned purchase of helicopters from Canada will not affect our ongoing program of modernizing ...
Duterte curbs sale of guns
Only the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police are authorized to buy high-powered guns in the ...
Duterte names new Navy chief
Upon the recommendation of defense and military officials, President Duterte has designated Rear Admiral Robert Empedrad as the new flag-officer-in-command ...
AFP closely guarding PH southern borders
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is keeping a tight watch on the country’s southern borders where foreign militants have ...
Gov’t eyes 4,000 Maranao conscripts
The government is looking at the possible recruitment of 4,000 Maranaos to the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the ...
30-percent of Marawi cleared of IEDs
Some 30 percent of Marawi City's war-torn areas have been cleared of unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices left by ...
Palace cites communist truce
Malacañang has welcomed the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front for the ...