LAUDED. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte talks to the people after holding a meeting with key government officials at the Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center in Matina, Davao City on Monday night (January 17, 2021). Duterte offered a snappy salute and thanked the Armed Forces of the Philippines for their humanitarian work for the people. (Presidential photo by Roemari Lismonero) MANILA - President Rodrigo Roa Duterte lauded the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for their "tireless toil during times of crises and helping their fellow Filipinos." "I was on the ground two after the typhoon or the day after. Nakita ko yung mga sundalo at yung, (I saw the soldiers and those) Philippine Navy or Air Force all of them participating in the relief operations and helping the people move," Duterte said in his prerecorded Talk to the People aired on Tuesday. Duterte commended the soldiers for sending humanitarian services to the people in trying times, on the top of their job to
General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), presented to President Duterte on Monday night, Jan. 17, updates on the military’s on-going humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) operations in Visayas and Mindanao following the destruction of typhoo
President Duterte could not help but give a "snappy salute" to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Andres Centino for the government's recent success against the communist insurgency as well as the ongoing relief operations for typhoon Odette victims.
President Duterte speaks dur
END OF THE ROAD. The body of slain New People's Army leader, Menandro Villanueva, is now with his children. The children traveled from Cavite to Mabini, Davao de Oro, where the most wanted NPA Mindanao leader was killed in an encounter on Jan. 5, 2022. (PNA file photo) DAVAO CITY - The remains of New People's Army (NPA) leader Menandro Villanueva (alias Bok), killed in an encounter with government troops in Mabini, Davao de Oro on January 5, has already been claimed by his family. Villanueva's body was taken by his children who flew in from Cavite two days after his death, Capt. Robert Escalona, Civil-Military Officer of the 1001st Infantry Brigade, said in an online interview over John Paul Seniel Reports. "They said they heard the news about his death and they decided to go to Davao de Oro to make sure if it is really their father," he said. At the funeral parlor, the children identified that it was indeed their father whom they have not seen for two decades. On
END OF THE LINE. The body of slain New People's Army leader, Menandro Villanueva, is now with his children. The children traveled from Cavite to Mabini de Oro, where the most wanted rebel commander was killed in an encounter on Jan. 5, 2022. (PNA file photo) DAVAO CITY - The remains of New People's Army (NPA) leader Menandro Villanueva (alias Bok), killed in an encounter with government troops in Mabini, Davao de Oro on January 5, have been claimed by his family. Villanueva's body was taken by his children who flew in from Cavite two days after his death, Capt. Robert Escalona, Civil-Military Officer of the 1001st Infantry Brigade, said in an online interview over John Paul Seniel Reports. "They said they heard the news about his death and they decided to go to Davao de Oro to make sure if it is really their father," he said. At the funeral parlor, the children identified that it was indeed their father whom they have not seen for two decades. One said she was onl