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AFPs Gapay orders dismantling of all NPA ‘guerrilla fronts’ in 2021 By JOAHNA LEI CASILAO, GMA News Published January 16, 2021 7:33pm Armed Forces of the Philippines chief General Gilbert Gapay ordered the dismantling of all remaining New People’s Army guerilla fronts by the end of 2021 given that the communist insurgents were “weakened.” “I noticed a lot of these New Peoples Army units have been weakened so this is our target for all the Unified Commands," Gapay said in a s...

Lt. Gen. Gilbert Gapay (PHILIPPINE ARMY / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) Gapay bestowed battle streamer awards to the military units during a command conference held at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Friday, Jan. 15. “Despite the pandemic, AFP soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines were able to persevere and continue its commitment in defeating internal security threats such as the CTGs [communist-terrorist groups],” he said. The AFP Chief challenged the military units to sustain their militar...

Court orders arrest of cops accused of killing Army men in Jolo By NICOLE-ANNE C. LAGRIMAS, GMA News Published January 15, 2021 10:37am Updated January 15, 2021 3:10pm The Jolo, Sulu Regional Trial Court (RTC) has ordered the arrest of nine policemen accused of killing four soldiers in the town last June, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday. The court issued the arrest warrants on Thursday, said Prosecution Attorney Honey Delgado, spokesperson of the Office of the Prosecutor G...

AFP calls on dismissed cops in Jolo shooting incident to surrender By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published January 15, 2021 2:50pm The Armed Forces of the Philippines urged the dismissed police officers involved in the fatal Jolo shooting incident last year that left four  Army officers dead, to surrender after warrants for their arrest have been issued. "We urge the respondent police personnel to surrender—else the AFP, the Philippine National Police, and other government agencies�...

[AFP] The Philippine National Police has released nine officers who had been in custody for their alleged involvement in the killing of four army intelligence specialists in the troubled south last June, officials said on Tuesday. The officers, who were dismissed from the service on Jan. 1, were freed because they could not be held any longer after a court failed to issue arrest warrants for them, PNP spokesman Brig. Gen. Ildebrandi Usana told reporters. “They were released from...

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City, Jan. 13 --The Armed Forces of the Philippines submitted on Monday, January 11, to the United Nations a report on violent incidents committed by the communist terrorist group (CTG) towards civilians and their properties. The report listed a total of 532 violent incidents since 2010 and gathered by the AFP Human Rights Office. These were submitted to Ms Signe Poulsen, Representative to the Philippines of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Mr Gus...

Military submits report on NPA atrocities to UN

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra says he has instructed prosecutors to file an urgent motion in court to issue a hold departure order against the nine policemen tagged in the killing of four Army soldiers in Jolo, noting that law enforcement agents will look for them and take them into custody if they dont turn themselves in.

Unauthorized vaccination probe must be completed Good news! Despite President Duterte’s ordering the Presidential Security Group not to obey Senate summons for an investigation, the Food and Drug Administration persists in finding out how the unregistered vaccine for COVID-19 from China, which the PSG used to inoculate its soldiers in September and October, was illegally brought into the country. It was Duterte himself who, on Dec. 26, disclosed the unauthorized PSG vaccinations, setting off...

Nine dismissed police officers involved in the fatal shooting of four Army intelligence personnel in Jolo, Sulu last June are no longer in PNP custody.