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DND officer-in-charge Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. (Screengrab from DND Facebook live video) MANILA - Department of National Defense (DND) officer-in-charge Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. on Wednesday strongly deplored the New People's Army's (NPA) landmine attack on Tuesday that injured government troops conducting operations in Northern Samar. "The DND strongly condemns the landmine blast perpetrated by the communist terrorist group (CTG) against our troops conducting immersion and clearing operations in Mapanas, Northern Samar, yesterday, July 5. The blast resulted in the injuries of seven of our men from the 20th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army," he added. While calling the incident an isolated one, Faustino said the NPA landmine blast is a clear violation of the International Humanitarian Law. "More specifically, an incontrovertible violation of the Ottawa Convention, which bans and condemns the use of landmines," the DND official added. ....
RELIEF AID. The Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NWFM), through its subordinate units and the Naval Forces Reserve-Western Mindanao, ships some 50 tons of relief aid for the victims of Typhoon Odette in the Caraga Region. The relief mission coming from two points Cotabato City and Zamboanga City arrived in Caraga on Sunday (Jan. 30, 2022). (Photo courtesy of NFWM) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Naval Forces Western Mindanao (NFWM), through its subordinate units and reservists of Naval Forces Reserve-Western Mindanao (NFR-WM), has shipped some 50 tons of relief aid to Typhoon Odette victims in the Caraga Region. Rear Admiral Toribio Adaci Jr., NFWM commander, said in a statement Monday that the relief aid was shipped to Siargao, Surigao del Norte, and the province of Dinagat Islands. Caraga was among the hardest-hit areas when "Odette" made its first landfall in Siargao Island in the afternoon of Dec. 16, 2021. Adaci said the relief mission was composed of two groups - one coming from thi ....
BUTUAN CITY, Feb. 4 – The incoming Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana, visited the 402nd Infantry (Stingers) Brigade, Home of the Stingers Troopers on February 02, 2021 at Camp Romualdo Rubi, Barangay Bancasi, this city.
A Medal for Valor awardee and the current Commanding General of the Philippine Army, Lt. Gen. Sobejana’s visit to the 402nd Brigade is his only official visit to an Infantry Brigade as he prioritized major units of the Philippine Army and as a way of looking back to the people he worked with in the past. He was accompanied by Major General Andres Centino, the Commander of the 4th Infantry Division. ....