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(Photo courtesy of Neil Mamaclay, Office of Civil Defense) MANILA - The Philippine contingent deployed to help victims of the Feb. 6 magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Trkiye arrived in Istanbul on Thursday noon. "Our response team just confirmed that they landed at Istanbul. Our OCD (Office of Civil Defense) representative messaged at 12:08 p.m. (PST) that they landed," said OCD joint information center head Diego Agustin Mariano in a message to reporters. He added that the Philippi...

The inter-agency response team headed to Turkey to assist in conducting search and rescue operations brought with them relief aid to alleviate the suffering of the victims of the magnitude 7.8. earthquake. Photo by Mark Balmores / MANILA BULLETIN The 85-man team was scheduled to depart Termina

MANILA - The Philippine Army (PA) on Wednesday announced the appointment of new commanders to three key posts. In a statement, PA spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said Col. Ulpiano T. Olarte was appointed to command the 55th Engineer Brigade (EBde) deployed to Lanao del Norte while Col. Jason Jumawan was designated as the new PA assistant chief of staff for operations. Meanwhile,Col. Jose Eduardo F. Liboon was named as the new Army Chief of Engineers. Olarte took over the 55th EBde's helm i...

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1st Lt. Ebakoliane “Eba” Obiomon and 1st Lt. Ejakhian “Jackie” Obiomon, both graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, began their careers at Fort Hood.

PA 51st Engineer Brigade commander Col. Antonio Rota Jr. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) MANILA - The Philippine Army (PA) announced the appointment of Col. Antonio C. Rota Jr. as the new commander of the 51st Engineer Brigade. The change-of-command rites took place at Camp Gen. Rigoberto J. Atienza, Libis, Quezon City on Monday, Army spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said in a statement. PA vice commander Brig. Gen. Steve D. Crespillo presided over the ceremony where Rota replaced acting co...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Military Department announced today that Col. Michael “Trent” Scates, from Greenfield, will serve as the Tennessee Military

Humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) units from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have been deployed to various areas in the National Capital Region (NCR), Eastern Visayas (Region 8), and Mimaropa (Region 4B) to assist communities that were af

During his 33-year Army career, Michael J. Silva held operations, training, senior staff, and command positions in various assignments including deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and Qatar.