Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 05:14:23 +0000
A veteran Army officer in the anti-insurgency war has been appointed to lead government soldiers in the Southern Tagalog region.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 03:57:03 +0000
PAGADIAN CITY — Eight soldiers from the Philippine Army’s 10th Infantry Battalion (IB) were slightly wounded in a clash with the New People’s Army in Barangay Nueva Vista, Don Victoriano, Misamis Occidental shortly before midnight on Wednesday, reports reaching here today said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 05:24:33 +0000
Police arrested on Monday an Army soldier who allegedly poked a gun at a bus terminal porter in Pasay City.
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Read moreCredit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2019 05:16:26 +0000
MARAWI CITY — Top military officials are still validating whether one of the four suspected terrorists killed in a clash Thursday with government troops in Tubaran town in Lanao del Sur was Abu Dar, believed to be the successor of Isnilon Hapilon, reported emir of the Islamic State in Southeast Asia.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 06:22:51 +0000
The 39th Infantry Battalion on Wednesday announced the surrender of four New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas following an armed encounter with government forces early this week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: eestopace| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:47:16 +0000
The Philippine Army announced the designations of new commanders for its two divisions this week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 09:01:26 +0000
A suspicious man on a motorbike had avoided a military checkpoint along the national highway and left his explosives-rigged motorbike by the roadside to explode
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 05:14:08 +0000
Three soldiers of the 103rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army were wounded after an encounter with the remnants of the Islamic State-inspired Maute group led by Benito Owayda Marohombsar, also known as Abu Dar, in one of the towns in Lanao del Sur.
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2019 10:12:46 +0000
ZAMBOANGA CITY – An army soldier was killed in a clash with gunmen in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Norte, security officials said on Sunday. Captain Clint Antipala,…READ
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Credit to Author: ryanl| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:27:44 +0000
CAMP SIONGCO, MAGUINDANAO – Elements of the 40th Infantry Battalion in Maguindanao clashed with members of the Islamic State-linked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in a 10-minute firefight that broke out at 4:35 a.m. Tuesday in Barangay Inaladan, Shariff Saydona town, the Army here said.
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