Boracay closure deemed peaceful
The first day of Boracay’s scheduled 6-month shutdown was considered generally peaceful by authorities there. This was reported by Lt. ...
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Drug-running couple busted
This, in a nutshell, is the story of Kutin Manunggal, 52, and Jenny Abdullah, 37, a husband and wife team ...
AFP wary of terror reprisal
The Armed Forces of the Philippines has instituted stringent measures to prevent foreign and local terrorists from launching any attacks ...
Gov’t scraps sandbar plan after China anger
President Duterte ordered troops to scrap plans of building a shelter for Filipino fishermen at Sandy Cay near Pagasa Island ...
‘Groufie’ aboard banca turns tragic
Eight people were killed after the motorized banca they were riding keeled over in the waters off Sitio Wawa, Barangay ...
Año retires today
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año bows out from the service after reaching the mandatory ...
Military: 5-year martial law extension too long
The military does not seem to support the five-year extension of martial law in Mindanao proposed by House Speaker Pantaleon ...
Rob suspect gunned down
A robbery suspect was killed in a shootout with the Quezon City Police District Station 11 in Barangay Tatalon, Quezon ...
ASG fighter killed in Bohol
One of the last two fleeing Abu Sayyaf Group fighters was killed in a clash with the police and military ...
More troops to PH islands in South China Sea
Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Gen. Eduardo Año has ordered the deployment of more troops to seven ...
ASG member falls in Zambo
Capt. Jo-Ann D. Petinglay, spokesperson of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Western Mindanao Command, identified the suspect as Amilton Tammang, ...
NPA detonates IED in Ilocos Sur
New People’s Army rebels operating in Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur detonated an Improvised Explosive Device on the day they were ...
Año na-promote sa ranggong general
Itinaas sa ranggong heneral si Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Eduardo M. Año sa simpleng seremonya ...
Military truck flips over multiple times; 3 killed
Three government soldiers were killed while 22 others were hurt after a military vehicle boarded by personnel of the 21st ...
ISIS-linked terror group leader killed in Sarangani
Police and government intelligence agents shot dead a leader of an alleged local extremist group claiming affiliation to the international ...
5 bandits dead as BIFF attacks outpost
At least five members of the militant group Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were killed while a number of others ...