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(1ST UPDATE) The three-week 38th Balikatan exercise kicks off amid rising tension in the region, particularly between China and US-backed Taiwan

The Department of Education condemned yesterday what it described as an “alarming rate of communist rebel activities” that have disrupted classes in some areas in Masbate.

Seventy-seven newly promoted general and flag officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) took their oath before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the Malacanang Palace in Manila on Monday, Feb. 6, the first time that it happened since the Covid-19 pandemic struck. Photo: Armed Forces

CPP The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) denied on Thursday, Jan. 5, the involvement of its armed wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), in the July 18, 2022 alleged armed encounter with the Philippine Army (PA) in Batangas where a nine-year-old girl died. The denial was issued by CPP’s

CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City — The Northern Luzon Command alerted its military forces for disaster response operations in the face of Typhoon Florita’s onslaught in the northern part of the country on Tuesday, Aug. 23. Florita, which is packing with strong winds, was estimated at 115 kilometers East o

Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has chosen Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro, commander of the Armed Forces the Philippines - Southern Luzon Command as new AFP chief of staff, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced on Monday. "The change of command for the new AFP chief of staff will be on August 8. This will give time for Gen. Bacarro to wind down at the SOLCOM and provide him with the transition to his new position in Camp Aguinaldo,&quot...

At least 14 search, rescue, and retrieval teams (SRR) were deployed to affected areas following the magnitude 7 earthquake that jolted Northern Luzon, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Thursday.

(Photo courtesy of AFP) MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday announced that it has deployed 14 search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) teams to areas severely affected by the magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Abra and other parts of northern Luzon on Wednesday. "Since yesterday (Wednesday) the 24th Infantry Battalion (24IB) has helped evacuate the patients in a hospital in Bangued, Abra. 71IB deployed personnel to rescue affected residents in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. 54IB, 72n...

Cache of high-powered firearms seized in Pampanga

Defense Secretary Delfin N.  Lorenzana ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday to disregard the call for a revolutionary government made by a retired senior Army commander. Retired Lt. Gen. and former spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist  Armed Conflict Antonio Parlade Jr.,…