DAVAO CITY: The Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) and its units were able to neutralize 337 members of the communist New People s Army (NPA) who were killed, arrested or surrendered to authorities from January to September of this year.
(File photo) MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday ordered all police commanders to regularly inspect their ammunition storage facilities. This comes following the fire and blasts that razed the ammunition complex of the Philippine Army's 4th Infantry Division in Cagayan de Oro City past midnight on Tuesday. PNP director for operations, Maj. Gen. Valeriano de Leon, has directed all regional directors to exercise due diligence in storing firearms ammunition that can cause serious accidents when mishandled. "Our commanders should always make sure to check the weather condition and the temperature inside the storage areas. Moisture may develop inside and this can ignite the ammunition inside. We have to be careful and responsible in handling this because we don't want any similar incident that happened in Cagayan de Oro City to happen in the police camps or any police offices. So the best way to ensure that this would not happen is to take regular prevent
VACCINATED. An Army officer of the 23rd Infantry Battalion (23IB) assists in the vaccination of one of the 30 Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit and 17 former communist rebels who availed of the government's Bayanihan, Bakunahan campaign inside the military unit's headquarters in Buenavista, Agusan del Norte on Wednesday (Dec. 1, 2021). The 23IB also deployed troopers in its areas of responsibility to provide support to the Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, 2021 national vaccination activity. (Photo courtesy of 23IB) BUTUAN CITY - At least 30 members of the military's Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) and 17 former rebels from Agusan del Norte have received their coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccine shots during the three-day massive Bayanihan, Bakunahan campaign, the Army's 23rd Infantry Battalion (23IB) said Thursday. In a statement, Lt. Col. Julius Cesar Paulo, the 23IB commander, said the unit opened its headquarters in Barangay Alubihid, Buenavista, Agus
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