DAVAO CITY – The First Philippine-Indonesia Maritime Training Activity (MTA) is now entering its third day at the Naval Station Felix Apolinario, Panacan, Davao City. The training which started on November 25, 2019 will endvember 30. on No Lt. General Felimon T. Santos Jr., Commander of Eastern Mindanao Command opened one week combined force training …
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DAVAO CITY (February 28) — Military authorities in Eastern Mindanao discovered two arms cache owned by the two Communist-NPA Terrorist Group (CNTG) after receiving tip from residents in the area. Lieutenant Colonel Ezra Balagtey, spokesperson of the military’s Easter Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) in a press statement revealed, that elements of 23rd Infantry Battalion of the …
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DAVAO CITY — The Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) will hold a dialogue with officials of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Department of Education (DepEd) and members of the academe over the recruitment of students by the communist New People’s Army (NPA). Eastmincom spokesperson, Lt. Col. Ezra Balagtey said they don’t have the exact number of …
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DAVAO CITY — The newly-installed commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) on Monday vowed to fight “battles on all fronts” to end the decades-long communist insurgency. But Maj. Gen. Felimon Santos recognized that the military would face difficulty against the New People’s Army (NPA) if it did not have the support of the “all …
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DAVAO CITY (December 6) — President Rodrigo Duterte appointed Lt. Gen. Benjamin Madrigal as Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff, to replace Gen. Carlito Galvez, who is set to retire on December 12. Duterte confirmed Madrigal’s appointment through a letter addressed to Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Dec. 5. Madrigal is a member of …
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Cagayan de Oro City (August 23) – The 4th Infantry Division of the Philippine Army has demilitarized captured, confiscated, and surrendered and recovered (CCSR) 79 non-standard firearms. The 79 weapons includes short firearms, M16, AK47, M1 Garand assault rifles, two M60 machine guns which were cut up to pieces and burned that all its parts …
