Tag: AFP

Travel advisory ng US sa kanilang mga mamamayan dapat seryosohin – Sen. Lacson

(Eagle News) — Binigyang diin ni Senador Panfilo Lacson na dapat seryosohin ng pamahalaan ang travel advisory ng Estados Unidos sa kanilang mamamayan. Ayon kay Lacson, may basehan ang ganitong mga babala o travel advisory dahil may malawak na intelligence network ang Amerika. Naniniwala si Lacson na naabisuhan na ang Armed Forces of the Philippines sa bagay na ito at  tiwala siya na may  kaukulang hakbang ng ginagawa ang AFP at Philippine National Police (PNP) […]

Senate to probe AFP’s procurement of military equipment after PAF chopper crash in Tanay

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Senator JV Ejercito is asking the Senate to probe the procurement system of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in view of the recent crash of the Philippine Air Force helicopter in Tanay, Rizal which resulted in the death of three soldiers. According to Ejercito, there have been reports that the AFP is buying second-hand or reconditioned equipment. “We can buy a small number of new ones just as long as they […]

AFP: Abu Sayyaf senior commander killed

(Agence France Presse) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines said Saturday it had killed a senior commander of the Abu Sayyaf behind a 2002 bombing that claimed the life of a United States Special Forces commando. Group leader Alhabsy Misaya was killed in a military operation on Friday on the gunmen’s southern island stronghold of Jolo, a military statement said. “Troops from assigned Philippine Marine units killed the Abu Sayyaf extremist commander who is […]

Three more Abu Sayyaf members killed in Bohol clash

  (PNA) — Three more members of the Abu Sayyaf Group, who made the botched incursion last April 11, were killed during a firefight with government security forces in the hinterlands of Clarin, Bohol Saturday. Bohol Provincial Police Office Chief Supt. Felipe Natividad confirmed that among those killed was native, Joselito Melloria, the alleged contact and guide of the bandits in the April 10 landing in Inabanga town. Melloria reportedly married a Muslim woman, converted […]

President Duterte offers P1-mn bounty for each escaped Abu Sayyaf member from Inabanga, Bohol clash

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday offered a P1-million bounty for each member of the Abu Sayyaf still on the loose after a recent clash with government troops in Bohol that left at least nine dead. “Ang anim na scouring,  kung saan sila makalanding, I have a one million (peso) offer. Per person ako,” Duterte, who attended a security briefing in the province, told reporters. “..Ang order ko is dead or alive,” he added, […]

AFP at PNP, susundin ang atas ng Pangulo na ipaubaya na sa KADAMAY ang Pandi, Bulacan housing units

(Eagle News) — Nakahanda ang Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)  at  Philippine National Police (PNP)  na sumunod sa utos ng Pangulo na ipaubaya na sa grupong Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY) ang mga bahay sa Pandi, Bulacan na puwersahang inokupa ng grupo noong nakaraang buwan. Katunayan, kinakausap na raw ng AFP ang kanilang mga sundalo para ipaliwanag ang utos ng Pangulo at ibalita. Gayunman, hindi na raw pahihintulutan ng PNP na okupahin din ng […]

AFP ready to defend public from terrorists; advises people to remain calm and vigilant

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) gave assurances that it is always ready to defend the public from terrorist groups, including ISIS-linked Maute Group. “Your AFP is always proactively engaged to negate terrorists’ efforts,”AFP spokesperson General Restituto Padilla said. Padilla said that the military was now coordinating with the Philippine National Police on the arrest of the alleged member of the Maute Group in Quezon City on several days ago. He […]

EBC visits AFP Paris headquarters, upholds focus on fundamentals of journalism

    PARIS, France (Eagle News Service) — As part of the network’s efforts to strengthen and develop its global force in news and information, representatives of Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) visited the headquarters of Agence France-Presse (AFP), the oldest news agency in the world and the largest French news agency in Paris, France last March 13-14, 2017. The timely visit came in a period where media, both traditional and social media is proliferated with […]

CPP presses peace talks resumption in April; to still check if NPA was behind Davao ambush

  (Eagle News) — Communist leaders are pressing for the resumption of peace talks with the Philippine government even after the reported ambush by its armed group, the New People’s Army, against non-combatant police members in Davao. In a statement posted in its website. CPP-NDFP panel chair Fidel Agaoili said that both the government panel had already initially agreed to hold “secret backchannel talks” for the purpose of resuming talks in April. Agcaoili said that […]

President Duterte tells AFP, PNP to use all available assets vs NPA rebels

  (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday directed the military and the police to “wage war” against the New People’s Army rebels after they killed four policemen who were not even combatants but were merely responding to a call to investigate a murder in the area. The President said there is no peace talks as of now. “Wala pang peace talks. It’s totally absent. So, in the meantime, I will also ask the […]

De Lima completes booking procedures in Crame, on her way to Muntinlupa court

    (Eagle News) — Senator Leila de Lima has just completed booking procedures inside the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City, following her arrest at 8 a.m. Friday at the Senate for drug-related charges. Under the normal booking procedures, it could take a few hours to complete. In De Lima’s case, the whole process took about two hours.  As of posting time (10:30 a.m.), she has just left Camp Crame and […]

AFP handang proteksiyunan ang mamamayan sa Bicol

CAMARINES NORTE (Eagle News) – Sinasamantala umano ng makakaliwang grupo ang pag-alis ng ceasefire ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte. Ito ang nakikitang dahilan sa mga naitalang bakbakan sa pagitan ng Militar at CCP/NPA sa Albay, Sorsogon, at Masbate. Tiniyak naman ang kahandaan ng Armed Forces of Philippines (AFP) partikular na ang 902nd Infantry Brigade sa pamumuno ni Col. Ferozaldo Paul Regencia na proteksyunan ang mamamayan sa Bicol laban sa mga pagkilos o masamang gawain ng makakaliwang grupo. […]