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Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro MANILA - President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has chosen Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro, commander of the Armed Forces the Philippines - Southern Luzon Command as new AFP chief of staff, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles announced on Monday. "The change of command for the new AFP chief of staff will be on August 8. This will give time for Gen. Bacarro to wind down at the SOLCOM and provide him with the transition to his new position in Camp Aguinaldo," Cruz-Angeles said. A graduate of the Philippine Military Academy, Bacarro was born on Sept. 18, 19...

At least 14 search, rescue, and retrieval teams (SRR) were deployed to affected areas following the magnitude 7 earthquake that jolted Northern Luzon, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Thursday.

(Photo courtesy of AFP) MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday announced that it has deployed 14 search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) teams to areas severely affected by the magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Abra and other parts of northern Luzon on Wednesday. "Since yesterday (Wednesday) the 24th Infantry Battalion (24IB) has helped evacuate the patients in a hospital in Bangued, Abra. 71IB deployed personnel to rescue affected residents in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. 54IB, 72nd Division Reconnaissance Company, 502nd Infantry Brigade, and CAFGU Active Auxillary units helped i...

Cache of high-powered firearms seized in Pampanga

Defense Secretary Delfin N.  Lorenzana ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday to disregard the call for a revolutionary government made by a retired senior Army commander. Retired Lt. Gen. and former spokesman of the National Task Force to End Local Communist  Armed Conflict Antonio Parlade Jr.,…