President Rodrigo Duterte is pushing through with his visit in Lanao del Sur province even after some members of his advance team were injured in an attack in Marawi City on Tuesday morning.
Joint Task Force Haribon is composed of Task Force Davao, Task Force Samal, Philippine Navy, Philippine Airforce and the Tactical Operations Group XI.
A women’s party-list group said it is high time that Philippines should assert its sovereignty by ending the US-Philippine patrols in the contested West Philippine sea.
The Army’s 401st Infantry Brigade opened a two-hectare drug facility inside its camp in Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur.
Eastern Mindanao Command public information officer Major Ezra Balagtey said that since there are no records of any New People’s Army (NPA) activities, the 10th Infantry Division will continue with its peace and development outreach program.
The Army said firearm and ammunition were recovered from an environmental activist who was caught while putting posters of a peace forum in a village in Pantukan town, Compostela Valley.
During the regular session of the city council, Col. Erwin Bernard Neri presented the security plans of the Task Force here to local officials, more than a week after the bombing killed at least 15 people and wounded 69 others at the night market in Roxas Avenue. Neri assumed the command on Thursday, September 8.
The Task Force Davao will have Col. Erwin Bernard Neri as its new commander replacing Col. Henry Robinson.
Another battalion under the 10th Infantry Division (ID) will be sent off to Jolo, Sulu to beef up government campaign to crush the Abu Sayyaf group in the area.
Now that the peace talks with the Communist Party of the Philippines is moving forward, President Rodrigo Duterte said the government troops will focus on dealing with the illegal drugs trade and extremism in the country.
