Soldiers at the Eastern Mindanao Command undergo a surprised drug test on Monday, June 6 at the Naval Station Felix Apolinario, Panacan here.
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte is leaving the fate of the chief of police who was taken by the New People’s Army as its Prisoner of War to his captors after he was allegedly found possessing illegal drugs.
An Indigenous People’s organization based in the Caraga region branded as a ‘lie’ the disclaimer of the military that they were not behind the killing of Datu Arnel Nayer in Sitio Kalatingga, Barangay Banban, Gigaquit, Surigao del Norte last April 23.
Civil Military Operations (CMO) commander of the 10th Infantry Division (ID) Lt. Col. Francis Sibal on Wednesday said “nobody can thrive as threatful as Parago.”
A teary-eyed Lucia Subere, mother of Private First Class Khen Subere, appeared before the members of the press here on Wednesday to call on government to stop military operation to give way for the immediate release of her son who was captured by the New People’s Army on April 12 in South Cotabato.
Residents of a village in Baganga town, Davao Oriental have fled and refused to return to their village two weeks after the Army accused them of relaying information of troop movements to the New People’s Army, a human rights group said.
A fresh clash erupted between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters in Maguindanao, wounding 10 and claiming the lives of 5 others as the nation observed Palm Sunday, marking the beginning of the Holy Week.
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front Coordinating Committee for the Cessation of Hostilities (MILF-CCCH) refuted claims of near armed encounters between the MILF and police forces last March 14 in Maguindanao.
A Moro group on Saturday has accused the military of directly burning nine houses and two mosques in various villages in Maguindanao last March 18.
The Army announced it would pull out from the communities in Barangay Balit, municipality of San Luis, Agusan Del Sur following a dialogue with residents and local officials on Wednesday morning.
