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Published January 10, 2021, 5:29 PM The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) claimed responsibility for the Jan. 4 armed encounter between the New People’s Army (NPA) and the Philippine Army (PA) in Malibcong, Abra where a ranking military officer was killed. In a statement Sunday, Jan. 10, the CPP said that members of the Agustin Begnalen Command of the NPA-Abra were the ones involved in the firefight with the Army’s 72nd Division Reconnaissance Company (DRC) and 24th Infantry Battalli...

By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published January 8, 2021 12:42pm NPA torching of heavy equipment in Samar (file photo) A total of 532 incidents of attacks on civilian properties were perpetrated by communist groups since 2010, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) alleged on Friday. Most of the attacks were dome through torching of private properties committed by members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New Peoples Army-National Democratic Front, the AFP added.  According t...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has worked with the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate the destruction of civilian-owned properties by the New People's Army (NPA) since 2010.

PASIG CITY, Jan. 8 (PIA) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) today reported a total of 532 incidents of destruction of civilian-owned properties committed by the Communist Terrorist Groups in armed violence since 2010.This, after the AFP Human Rights Office (AFPHRO) submitted to the...

Photo from AFPHRO QUEZON CITY, Jan. 9 -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported a total of 532 incidents of destruction of civilian-owned property committed by Communist Terrorist Groups (CTGs) in armed violence since 2010. The AFP Human Rights Office (AFPHRO) submitted to the Commission on Human Rights, for appropriate action, the list of incidents on Thursday, January 7. These were mostly by arson perpetrated by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National D...

AFP receives helicopter, buses, trucks from MVP Group By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published January 7, 2021 11:57pm The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has received a helicopter, rescue boats, and some trucks from the MVP Group, chief of staff General Gilbert Gapay has said. "The donations signify our shared aspirations in giving our all-out support to our men and women in uniform as they fulfill their responsibilities to the nation, especially in times of disasters and calamit...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines calls off its yet to begin fact-finding investigation into the Presidential Security Groups use of smuggled and unregistered COVID-19 vaccines.

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte. - Malacanang Palace MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): The Senate will proceed with an inquiry into the government’s vaccination programme despite President Rodrigo Duterte’s threat of a “crisis” if the senators insist on questioning his military bodyguards about their inoculation with a candidate vaccine for Covid-19 that is not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA, National Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Cust...

Published January 2, 2021, 3:00 PM The nine policemen accused of killing four military intelligence operatives in Jolo, Sulu last July and kicked out of the service in connection with the shooting have been given nine days to appeal their dismissal. But right now, Brig. Gen. Ildebrandi Usana, spokesman of the Philippine National Police (PNP), said the nine Jolo policemen are now considered as civilians since the dismissal order signed by PNP chief Police Gen. Debold Sinas was effected immediate...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will continue to improve its capabilities to better protect the nation, assured AFP chief of staff General Gilbert Gapay.