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POLL SECURITY. Maj. Gen. Ignatius Patrimonio, 11th Infantry Division (ID) commander (right), discusses the preparation updates for the upcoming May 9 national and local elections to Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr., commander of Western Mindanao Command, on Friday (April 29, 2022) at Camp Gen. Teodulfo Bautista, home of the 11ID in Jolo, Sulu. Rosario visited the 11ID to assess the situation as well as the security preparations of the unit.(Photo courtesy of 11ID) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Units under the Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) were directed to ensure the peaceful and orderly conduct of the May 9 national and local elections in their areas of jurisdiction. The units under Westmincom are the Army's 1st, 11th, and 6th Infantry Divisions that have jurisdiction over the Zamboanga Peninsula, Lanao del Norte, parts of Lanao del Sur, Central Mindanao, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi. Westmincom also has a naval component - Naval Forces Western Mindanao - and an Air Force component -Tactica ....
Citing the need for stability in the implementation of military programs, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana lauded Congress’ deliberations on bills that would amend the retirement age of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officers. ....
President Zoran Milanović on Friday cancelled his attendance at an event commemorating the 28th anniversary of wartime military and police operation “Maslenica 93” in Zadar after he learned that two persons wearing clothes with Ustasha symbols were participating in the event. Acting on orders from the president, who is also the army supreme commander, Armed Forces Chief-of-Staff, Admiral Robert Hranj, and all other military commanders left the event after the first part of the ceremony. “The organisers said some people showed up whose attendance had not been envisaged by protocol,” Defence Minister Mario Banožić said. The Jewish Community of Zagreb (ŽOZ) said that a majority of parliamentary groups, including the ruling HDZ, supported its initiative to agree a legislative framework and table a bill to ban Ustasha insignia and the glorification of war criminals at the meeting convened about ten days ago. ....