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The once influential Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) is supposedly slowly fading into irrelevance due to the whole-of-nation (WON) approach of the government in addressing communist insurgency. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) The Dep
Google map of Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. BUTUAN CITY - Troopers from the Army's 23rd Infantry Battalion (IB) on Wednesday afternoon overran a New People's Army (NPA) hideout after an encounter in Sitio Taub, Barangay Rizal, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. Lt. Col. Julius Cesar Paulo, the 23IB commander, told the Philippine News Agency Thursday that their troops were conducting focused military operations in the area in response to the reports of civilians on the presence of the NPA insurgents when the clash broke out. "After the 10-minute armed encounter, the rebels abandoned the...
Philippine Army chief, Maj. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. (File photo courtesy of AFP) MANILA - Newly appointed Philippine Army (PA) chief, Maj. Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., has vowed to focus on taking care of the health, welfare, and morale of the troops and their families. "Itong mga tropa natin, these are the most important resource of the PA, yung tropa natin, tao (Our troops are the most important resource of the PA)," Brawner said in an interview on Tuesday. He also said he would continue to focus on developing the Army's core competency, which is warfighting, by further developing th...
OUTSTANDING SERVICE. Maj. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. in an interview by reporters in Marawi City during the 4th-year commemoration of the siege liberation on Oct. 16, 2021. President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Brawner as the commanding general of the Philippine Army on Tuesday (Dec. 7, 2021). (PNA photo by Nef Luczon) MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur - A Bangsamoro regional lawmaker who hails from this area is glad and proud of the appointment of Maj. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. as the new commanding general of the Philippine Army (CGPA). Zia Alonto Adiong, a member of the Bangsamoro Transition Auth...
Maj. Gen. Romeo Brawner, whose leadership of a Mindanao-based military infantry division led to the death of communist top leader Jorge Madlos alias "Ka Oris" in October is the new commanding general of the Philippine Army, the largest branch of service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).