Albay: NPA rebels clash with soldiers on disaster aid mission

Priam Nepomuceno and Connie Calipay of Philippine News Agency 10/28/2024

MANILA – The New People’s Army (NPA) attacked government forces delivering assistance for victims of Severe Tropical Storm Kristine in Pio Duran, Albay on Sunday. One soldier was injured, according to Philippine Army 9th Infantry Division (9ID) spokesperson…

Ex-Abu Sayyaf now a soldier after completing Army training

Leah Agonoy 10/01/2023

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur — A former member of the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf who surrendered to the government is now a full-fledged member of the Philippine Army, said Major General Antonio Nafarrete, commander of the…

Soldiers no better than cops

Manuel L. Quezon III - @inquirerdotnet 04/12/2023

The assassination of Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo put the armed forces on the dock. The Armed Forces of the Philippines took pains to point out that the three ex-soldiers implicated had been dishonorably discharged. But the…

7 dead as Sulu-bound boat catches fire off Basilan

Julie S. Alipala, Leah D. Agonoy - @inquirerdotnet 03/30/2023

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Seven bodies were fished out of the waters off Baluk-Baluk island of Hadji Muhtamad town, Basilan Gov. Jim Hataman-Salliman said on Thursday. The fatalities were passengers of the boat M/V Lady Mary Joy that…

Flowers for Lolas: Accurate historical inclusion while the comfort women’s voices can still be heard

ATTY. DENNIS GORECHO 03/21/2023

Like other Filipina comfort women, Lola Hilaria Bustamante died still fighting without receiving justice. Lola Hilaria passed away  last Saturday, March 18, 2023  at the age of 97, 10 days after the UN Committee on the Elimination…

Former soldiers tagged as gunmen in Degamo slay ‘dishonorably discharged’ from service

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 03/06/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The alleged gunmen who killed Gov. Roel Degamo and eight others — later identified as former soldiers — were dishonorably discharged from service years ago, Philippine Army spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad told INQUIRER.net on Monday. Former…

NPA rebels, military troops clash in Bohol

Leo Udtohan - Correspondent / @leoudtohanINQ 12/28/2022

TAGBILARAN CITY — A gunfight ensued between suspected members of the New People’s Army (NPA) and government troopers in Bohol province in San Isidro town on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Soldiers clashed with at least 10 “remnants” of…

More than 100,000 Russian military casualties in Ukraine, says top US general

Reuters 11/10/2022

WASHINGTON — America’s top general estimated on Wednesday that Russia’s military had seen more than 100,000 of its soldiers killed and wounded in Ukraine, and added Kyiv’s armed forces “probably” suffered a similar level of casualties in…

Duterte’s speech in Jolo

Randy David - @inquirerdotnet 07/19/2020

  Last July 13, two weeks after the fatal shooting of four intelligence officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines by members of the Philippine National Police in Jolo, President Duterte flew to the Sulu capital…

4 ‘CPP-NPA officials’ arrested in Kabankalan, NegOcc

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/11/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Four high-ranking officials of the Communist Party of the Philippines- New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) were arrested by the 15th infantry battalion of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday, July 10,…

Talisay City cops’ Monday patrol nets 27 GCQ violators

Alven Marie A. Timtim 07/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — It is still the start of the week, but the Talisay City police have already caught another 27 individuals during their morning patrol today, July 6, 2020, around the city. The joint patrol,…

Duterte wants female soldiers to lead cash aid distribution

Darryl John Esguerra 05/12/2020

MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to tap female soldiers to ensure speedy and uncorrupted distribution of the emergency subsidy for low-income families affected by the COVID-19…

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