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Published on: Saturday, December 12, 2020 By: PNA Text Size: Gapay (right) meets with local officials and religious leaders in Sulu at the Provincial Capital on Thursday. SULU: The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) believes that Islam is a religion of peace, its chief said. General Gilbert Gapay made this remark following a meeting with Sulu local government officials and religious leaders in Sumadja Hall, Provincial Capitol Thursday. “We in the Armed Forces of the Philippines, kaming mga kasundaluhan (we the military), believe that Islam is a religion that espouses peace above all matt...

Over 200 NPA insurgents fell in 2020 military, police operations —AFP Published December 12, 2020 7:25pm A total of 201 members of the New People's Army have fallen in the hands of the government's security forces in 2020, the Armed Forces of the Philippines said Saturday. A statement from Captain Jonathan Zata, AFP's Public Affairs chief, also indicates that 7,615 fighters, militias, propagandists, and underground organization members and supporters have returned to the fold of law. Likewise, Zata said that at least some 264 rebels were arrested in joint law enforcement operations b...

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