Palestinian girl jailed for slapping soldiers leaves prison

AFP 07/29/2018

PALESTINIAN teenager Ahed Tamimi left prison Sunday after an eight-month sentence for slapping two Israeli soldiers, an episode captured on video that made her a symbol of resistance for Palestinians, a prison service spokesman said. Assaf Librati…

Six policemen killed in misencounter with soldiers in Samar

Nestle L. Semilla 06/26/2018

At least six policemen were killed in a misencounter with the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippine (AFP) in Sitio Lonoy, Barangay San Roque, Santa Rita, Samar at around 9:20 a.m on Monday, June 25.…

Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after soldiers wounded

AP 02/18/2018

Jerusalem — The Israeli military says it has struck 18 targets in Gaza in response to an explosive device that wounded four soldiers along the border with the territory. The military says it struck early on Sunday…

Cash aid for soldiers slated this Thursday

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 12/17/2017

CEBU City Hall is finalizing preparations for the allocation of P10 million in aid to the families of over 100 soldiers who died or were injured during the Maute siege in Marawi City on Thursday this week.…

Aid for families of soldiers killed in Marawi clash

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/14/2017

  A Christian religious organization on Friday distributed cheques of P50,000 to the families of each of the 20 Visayan soldiers who were killed in action in Marawi City. International televangelist Bro. Eli Soriano of the popular…

Special program for soldiers at Plaza Independencia

Inna Gian Mejia 12/11/2017

CEBU City Hall will hold a special program to honor the country’s troops at the Plaza Independencia on Dec. 20. Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña said while details of the program are not finalized, it will push…

City Hall hands cash aid to families of fallen soldiers

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 08/07/2017

Her son has been dead for almost four months now, but 67-year-old Gaudencia Nazareno continues to wait for him to come home. Gaudencia would sit outside her house in Calape town, Bohol, every Saturday night to await…

Luigi’s b-day wish: Aid for Marawi soldiers, Ormoc quake victims

Nestle L. Semilla 07/11/2017

“NO lechon please.” Instead of sending him “lechon” or any other personal gifts on his birthday, Mandaue City Mayor Luis Gabriel Quisumbing is asking well-wishers to instead make donations which he could later send to soldiers who…

Army soldiers clash with NPA rebels in Guihulngan

Benjie Talisic 07/01/2017

Government troopers clashed with around 30 fully armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army in Barangay Sandayao, Guihulngan City, Negros Island Region at around 4:10 Friday afternoon. Col. Medel Aguilar, assistant chief of…

US soldiers in northern Cebu for a humanitarian mission

Benjie B. Talisic, Nestle L. Semilla 06/28/2017

PACIFIC ANGELS 2017 Filipino and American soldiers came together, not for a war exercise this time but to fix a public school’s ceiling and to attend to the medical needs of a variety of patients — from…

TEARFUL SEPARATION

Benjie B. Talisic, Inquirer.net, Nestle L. Semilla, Nestor P. Burgos Jr. 06/17/2017

They are battle-experienced soldiers, but they unabashedly shed tears and hugged their wives, children and other loved ones as they left Iloilo on Saturday to beef up government troops fighting the Islamic State-inspired Maute terror group in…

Marawi folk, soldiers raise PH flag with heavy hearts

Inquirer.net 06/12/2017

MARAWI CITY — The singing of the Philippine national anthem was somber as the flag was raised at the Marawi City hall on Monday morning — the day the country celebrated the 119th anniversary of its Independence…

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