ADDITIONAL TROOPS. The newly-deployed soldiers in Northern Samar province during a welcome ceremony in Palo town, Leyte province on Feb. 20, 2023. The soldiers are tasked to help suppress the New People's Army in Northern Samar, considered the last bastion of insurgency in the country.(PNA photo by Sarwell Meniano) PALO, Leyte - The Philippine Army has welcomed the arrival of two battalions from Mindanao tasked to help suppress the New People's Army (NPA) in Northern Samar province, considered the last bastion of insurgency in the country. The Army's 8th Infantry Division formally welcomed around 1,000 soldiers from the 74th Infantry Battalion (IB) and 42nd IB during a ceremony at the Government Center here late Monday. Before their deployment in the region, the 74th IB troopers fought the Abu Sayyaf Group in Basilan province. The unit also took part in the campaigns of the Western Mindanao Command under the Operational Control of Joint Task Force Zamboanga. The 42nd IB was
CATBALOGAN CITY – A company of elite Scout Rangers who saw in action in the Battle for Marawi in 2017 was deployed in Eastern Visayas to combat the New People’s Army.
These additional troops from the 4th Scout Ranger "Masigasig" Battalion (4SRBn) were deployed to the 8th Infantry "Stormtroopers" D
CAMP SIONGCO, Awang, DOS, Maguindanao – The government’s security forces recovered a rifle and other war materials in an encounter with the enemy of the state
The leader of the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has been killed by military forces in an encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Friday, March 25.
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) says Radzmil Jannatul, an Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader and the successor of the late ASG commander Furuji Indama, ha