ENCOUNTER CASUALTY. A body of a New People's Army combatant lies on the ground along with the seized items from a group of rebels following an encounter in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, on April 18, 2022. The Army's 4th Infantry Division, which released the photo Friday (April 22, 2022), says its units also managed to retrieve several firearms from the NPA in Bukidnon province and the Caraga Region. (Photo courtesy of 4ID) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - An encounter between government soldiers and New People's Army (NPA) rebels in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon resulted in the death of a guerrilla, the military said Friday. In a statement, the Army's 4th Infantry Division (ID) said troopers from the 1st Special Forces Battalion (1SFBn) clashed with about seven rebels in Barangay Imbayao, Malaybalay City on April 18. The encounter resulted in the death of a certain Darren Jane Tilucan and the seizure of two M16 rifles. Maj. Gen. Wilbur C. Mamawag, the 4ID commander, said the NPA fighters
ENCOUNTER CASUALTY. A body of a New People's Army combatant lies on the ground along with the seized items from a group of rebels following an encounter in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, on April 18, 2022. The Army's 4th Infantry Division, which released the photo Friday (April 22, 2022), says its units also managed to retrieve several firearms from the NPA in Bukidnon province and the Caraga Region. (Photo courtesy of 4ID) CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - An encounter between state troopers and the communist New People's Army (NPA) in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon province has resulted in the death of a guerilla, the military said Friday. In a statement, the Army's 4th Infantry Division (ID) said troopers from the 1st Special Forces Battalion (1SFBn) clashed with about seven rebels in Barangay Imbayao, Malaybalay City, on April 18. The encounter resulted in the death of a certain Darren Jane Tilucan and the seizure of two M16 rifles. Maj. Gen. Wilbur C. Mamawag, the 4ID commander, said t
MONETARY TIGHTENING. A person walks past the International Monetary Fund (IMF) headquarters in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 6, 2021. The IMF has warned that a faster tightening of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy could lead to capital outflows and currency depreciation in emerging markets. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua) WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Monday that a faster tightening of the U.S. Federal Reserve's monetary policy could lead to capital outflows and currency depreciation in emerging markets. "While the global recovery is projected to continue this year and next, risks to growth remain elevated by the stubbornly resurgent pandemic. Given the risk that this could coincide with faster Fed tightening, emerging economies should prepare for potential bouts of economic turbulence," Stephan Danninger, chief of the IMF's Macro Policies Division in the Strategy Policy and Review Department, said in a blog wit
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Ministry in Islamabad announced that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is scheduled to visit Pakistan from April 6 to 7.
Ministry spokesperson Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri said the broad agenda of discussions will include bilateral relationship with particular focus on economic cooperation between the two countries, reports by Xinhua.
Addressing a briefing on Friday, Zahid Chaudhri also said, ‘The two sides will also share their respective perspectives on regional and international issues of mutual interest, Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in Moscow that Lavrov will hold talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi. There are plans to conduct a detailed discussion on the current status of bilateral relations and their development prospects, including opportunities for further strengthening trade, economic and counter-terrorism cooperation, Zakharova said