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(Google map of General Santos City) GENERAL SANTOS CITY -Two former New People's Army (NPA) rebels and a member of a local terrorist group surrendered to government troops here following a series of negotiations, an Army official said on Friday. Col. Galileo Goyena, commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) GenSan, said the three formally yielded along with their firearms on Thursday through the intervention of concerned local officials and stakeholders. He identified the surrenderers as Rudin...

DECEIVED. The eight former NPA guerrillas who belonged to the Manobo Dulangan IP community in Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat pose for a photo with the military, following their surrender on Thursday (Oct. 14, 2021). They also turned in 13 firearms and three explosives during their surrender. (Photo courtesy of 6ID) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao - Eight members of the Manobo Dulangan Indigenous Peoples (IP) community in Sultan Kudarat province, claiming that they were duped into joining the communist New...

DECEIVED. The eight former NPA guerrillas who belonged to the Manobo Dulangan tribal community in Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat pose for a photo with the military, following their surrender on Thursday (Oct. 14, 2021). They also turned in 13 firearms and three explosives during their surrender. (Photo courtesy of 6ID) CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao -Some eight members of the Manobo Dulangan indigenous peoples community in Sultan Kudarat province, who claimed to have been promised support for their famil...

A day after severe tropical storm (STS) "Maring" exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Wednesday, Oct. 13, that it has intensified its relief operations while search and rescue efforts continued to ensure the immediate delivery of assistan

Cross-linked news, and information resources about suspected militants

SURRENDER. Maja Misal, 21, (left) an Abu Sayyaf member, hands over a Carbine rifle to Col. Romeo Racadio, Joint Task Force (JTF)-Tawi-Tawi commander, as Col. Bonard Briton, Tawi-Tawi police director (right), looks on. Misal surrendered on Monday (Oct. 11, 2021) to JTF-Tawi-Tawi troops in Bongao town. (Photo courtesy of JTF-Tawi-Tawi) ZAMBOANGA CITY - A young member of the Sulu-based Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has surrendered in Tawi-Tawi, bringing the number of bandits who yielded in the province th...

Westmincom lauds troops for operational accomplishments

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has charged troops to be alert and vigilant while discharging their duties.

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate posting of a new Commissioner of Police to Anambra State as a result

The Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, has deployed a new Commissioner of Police to Anambra State, after a spate of deadly gun attacks in the South-east state. “The IGP has also ordered the deployment of a detachment of NPF Special Forces to Anambra State to bolster and complement the ongoing peace-building efforts of the…