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MANILA, May 18, 2024 (AFP) – The Philippine military said Saturday it has replaced a key commander overseeing forces in the South China Sea, including Filipino troops garrisoned on a disputed reef. Rear Admiral Alfonso Torres Jr will replace Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos as chief of the Western Command on Palawan island, which is the closest Philippine landmass to the hotly contested Spratly Islands. The military said in a statement the move was part of […]
MOSCOW, Sept 26, 2023 (AFP) – The commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, whom Ukraine claimed to have killed in a recent missile strike, appeared in images distributed on Tuesday by Russia’s defence ministry. Kyiv said earlier this week it had killed Admiral Viktor Sokolov and 34 officers in an unprecedented strike on the fleet’s naval headquarters in the annexed Crimean peninsula last week. Sokolov was pictured in military uniform attending via video link a […]
(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 […]
INFANTA, Quezon (Eagle News) – Ginawaran ng 1IB Bota ng Kawal Award ng 1st Infantry (Always First) Battalion, 2nd Infantry (Jungle Fighter) Division ng Philippine Army ang Iglesia Ni Cristo sa hilagang bahagi ng Quezon Province. Ibinigay ang nasabing gawad sa ginananap na 69th Founding Anniversary ng 1IB ng Philippine Army sa Brgy. Tongohin, Infanta, Quezon. Tinanggap naman ni Bro. Isaias A. Hipolito, District Minister ng Quezon North ang nasabing gawad mula kay MGen. Rhoderick […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed a new Presidential Security Group commander. Duterte appointed Col. Louie Dagoy, his senior military adviser, to the post. The PSG is tasked with providing the President, and his immediate family with security.
