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BILAR, Bohol (Eagle News) – A clash ensued between security authorities and suspected members of the New People’s Army in Bohol on Tuesday, May 15. The encounter between members of the military and police, and 14 suspected rebels in Barangay Campagao, Bilar, erupted at 4:30 a.m., Colonel Ignacio Madriaga, military commander of the 302nd Infantry Brigade said. So far, there are no reported casualties. The firefight is ongoing at press time. Alibeth Rosales
By Ghadzs Rodelas Eagle News Service IBAAN, Batangas (Eagle News) – Six people, including two Chinese nationals, were arrested after authorities raided a shabu laboratory in Batangas on Thursday, April 12. An initial police report said personnel from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Ibaan Municipal Police Station raided Hingoso farms in Barangay Sto. Nino at 5:30 a.m. and discovered it was being used to manufacture the illegal substance. […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Ipinagkibit-balikat lamang ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at Philippine National Police (PNP) ang banta ni Communist Party of the Philippines Founding Chair Jose Maria Sison na kaya ng New People’s Army (NPA) na pumatay ng isang sundalo kada araw hanggang sa ituloy ng pamahalaan ang peace talks. Ayon kay AFP Spokesperson Col. Edgard Arevalo, ang banta ng CPP-NPA ay nagpapakita lamang ng tunay na kulay ng mga komunista […]
(Eagle News) – Kasali na rin sa kampanya kontra-droga ng pamahalaan ang Joint Task Force (JTF)-National Capital Region ng Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Ito ang inihayag ng bagong talagang pinuno ng JTF-NCR na si Brig. Gen. Allan Arrojado. Ayon kay Arrojado, pangunahing papel ng JTF-NCR ang pagbibigay ng intelligence information. Paliwanag ni Arrojado, ang mga makukuhang impormasyon ng unit na may kinalaman sa droga ay ipapasa sa Philippine National Police (PNP) at Philippine […]
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Eagle News) – Doble bantay ngayon ang mga tauhan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) at Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) sa Zamboanga Port Area. Ito ay dahil sa pagdating ng mga kalalakihan mula sa isla ng Basilan, Sulu at Tawi-tawi na dadalo sa dalawang araw na Bangsamoro general assembly sa Maguindanao. Inaasahan din na dadagsain ng maraming kalalakihan ang Bangsamoro general assembly na isasagawa ngayong darating na Nobyembre 26 at 27 sa […]
PUERTO PRINCESA City, Palawan (Eagle News) — Apat na miyembro ng New People’s Army ang sumuko sa Armed Forces of the Philippines sa Palawan kamakailan. Dalawa sa mga sumuko sa Brooke’s Point ay babae na may edad 19 at 16 anyos lamang. Kasabay na ring isinuko ng mga rebelde ang isang M16 rifle, isang M1 Garrand, isang shotgun, at improvised explosive device (IED). Kinondena naman ng AFP Western Command ang mga rebeldeng grupo dahil sa paggamit […]
Eagle News — Sinimulan na ng militar ang pag-usad sa nalalabing kuta ng Maute terror group sa lungsod ng Marawi City sa pagsapit ng ika-100 araw ng bakbakan bilang kanilang final assault. Lalo pang pinaigting ng militar ang mga airstrike at mortar attack sa 500-square-meter sa lungsod para mabuwag na ang puwersa ng Maute group at Abu Sayyaf na patuloy na nagkukuta sa mga gusali doon. Ayon kay Brig. Gen. Rolando Joselito Bautista, commander ng […]
(Eagle News)– The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will not bomb the mosque in Marawi City that Maute group used as a sniper nest and arsenal stash. “We categorically state that we have not bombed and will not bomb mosque in Marawi,” AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr. quoted AFP chief of staff Gen. Eduardo Año as saying during the Mindanao Hour briefing in Malacañang on Wednesday (June 14). “The Armed Forces leadership […]
(Eagle News)– Combined operatives from the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) recovered high-powered firearms, ammunition, and some sachets of alleged shabu at the house of former Marawi City Mayor Fajad Salic in Cagayan de Oro City. Authorities went to the former mayor’s housefollowing his arrest on Wednesday for alleged participation in the Maute group’s activities. A relative of Salic said the items recovered by authorities were just planted […]
(Eagle News)– The military is eyeing to liberate Marawi City on Independence Day. “Rest assured, our soldiers are doing their part, they’re doing their best and are continuing on with this effort on the ground to facilitate the liberation of Marawi hopefully by Monday,” Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr. said during the Mindanao Hour briefing on Friday. “The chief of staff made the announcement hoping that Monday we […]
(Eagle News)– The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Friday (June 9) denied that Abu Sayyaf group leader Isnilon Hapilon had slipped out of Marawi City amid ongoing offensive efforts of government forces against Maute group. “Hindi po ‘to napapatibayan. Hindi po ito totoo at naniniwala sila [troops] na nandoon pa [si Hapilon],” AFP spokesperson Brig. Gen. Restituto Padilla Jr. said during the Mindanao Hour briefing in Malacañang. Photos and videos of Hapilon earlier […]
(Eagle News)– Brigadier General Restituto Padilla, spokesman for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), clarified on Friday that 10, not 11 soldiers, were killed in a bungled airstrike in Marawi City on Wednesday that hit government troops, instead of the targeted Maute rebels. Padilla said that the earlier figure announced by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana that there were 10 soldiers killed in the airstrike was correct. Padilla clarified that one fallen soldier was killed in a […]
