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Three New People’s Army rebels were killed in an encounter with government troopers in Barangay Libertad in San Jorge, Samar on Wednesday.

TACLOBAN CITY -- Three members of the New People's Army (NPA), including an amazon, involved in the landmine explosion that injured seven soldiers in San Jorge, Northern Samar were killed in an encounter in Mapanas, Northern Samar last July 8. The Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Joint Task Force

MORE TROOPS.The troopers of the Army 3rd Infantry Battalion during their arrival in Eastern Visayas last February. The entire unit will be assigned to rebel-infested areas in Northern Samar.(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY -The Philippine Army will deploy more troops to some towns in Northern Samar following the recent detonation of anti-personnel land mines by the communist terrorist group that wounded seven soldiers in Mapanas town. Capt. Ryan Layug, Philippine Army's 8th ...

TACLOBAN CITY – In support of the national government's campaign, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) delivered coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccines using S70i Black Hawk helicopters to the historic islands of Suluan and Homonhon in Guiuan, Eastern Samar Thursday, June 16. The airlift was in response

ABSENTEE VOTING. Soldiers cast their votes at the 78th Infantry Battalion headquarters in Borongan City in Eastern Samar in this April 29, 2022 photo. At least 1,249 soldiers in Eastern Visayas joined the absentee voting from April 27 to 29, 2022.(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) CATBALOGAN CITY, Samar - At least 1,249 soldiers in Eastern Visayas joined the three-day local absentee voting, the Philippine Army said on Tuesday. From April 27 to 29, soldiers trooped to voting centers inside the h...

President Duterte on Monday, March 7, said in jest that members of the New People's Army (NPA) should be invited to the inauguration of government projects as a "retreat from fighting." President Rodrigo Duterte (RTVM Screenshot) Duterte made the remark during his "Talk To The People" public add

TACLOBAN CITY - Despite claims by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) that the two minors killed in a crossfire between soldiers and armed rebels in Brgy. Roxas, Catubig, Northern Samar, were ambushed, the 8th Infantry Division maintains that the communist New People's Army (NPA) terrorists

SEIZED FROM REBELS. Some of the 34 high-powered firearms recovered by soldiers in a remote village in Pinabacdao, Samar on Wednesday (Feb. 9, 2022). This is the biggest seizure of firearms in Eastern Visayas, the Philippine Army said. (Photo courtesy of the Philippine Army) TACLOBAN CITY - The recent recovery of 34 high-powered firearms from the New People's Army (NPA) in Pinabacdao, Samar on February 9 will further cripple the communist terrorist group, a military official said on Friday. C...

A total of 127 individuals have started their military training on Friday, Jan. 28, to be the next set of Philippine Army (PA) troopers in Eastern Visayas. (Courtesy of 8th Infantry Division) Captain Ryan Layug, commander of the 8th Infantry Division (8ID), said 115 male and 12 female Army recru

Odette-ravaged Limasawa gets government relief