The unit that will be tasked to counter New People’s Army (NPA) hit squads will be formed sometime this month, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Tuesday. He added that the core of the anti-SPARU (Special Partisan Unit) formation will be made up of personnel from the Intelligence Service of the Armed...
Two alleged members of the Maute Group were killed in Davao del Sure today (October 15, 2018) while trying to elude arrest. The two were identified by the Davao del Sure Police Provincial Office as Norhan Delangalen Sinapan and his brother Norton Dilangalen Sinapan, the reported leader of the Maugte, Digos Cell. A brief gunfight...
President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Major Gen. Macairog Alberto, commander of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (ISAFP), as the next Philippine Army commander. Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher “Bong” Go on Thursday told reporters that Alberto’s appointment paper has been released to the Department of National Defense (DND)....
