Four kidnapping-for-ransom suspects, including a man who was in President Aquino’s list of kidnappers to be hunted down, were arrested inside a mall here, authorities said Tuesday.
Malacañang ordered law enforcement bodies, on Monday, to dismantle all makeshift checkpoints set up by the New People’s Army (NPA) in the countryside after Senator Teofisto “TG” Guingona III questioned the rebels’ authority to set them up in a country under “one government” and governed by “one President.”
The Armed Forces of the Philippines will cooperate to higher authorities should their service be needed as the family of missing activist Jonas Burgos asked the Supreme Court to re-open the case surrounding his disappearance in 2007.
President Benigno Aquino III has appointed Marine Maj. Gen. Rustico Guerrero commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Western Command (Wescom) replacing Lt. Gen. Juancho Sabban who is retiring, the military’s Public Information Office (PIO) announced on Tuesday.
The Court of Appeals (CA) ruling declaring the Armed Forces of the Philippines and not Leftist rebels was directly responsible for the “enforced disappearance” of journalist and activist Jonas Burgos is being hailed as a “concrete, positive step” towards getting to the bottom of the climate of impunity which gripped the Arroyo administration.
The military on Monday appealed to political candidates not to give in to rebels’ extorting activities as campaign period for the upcoming midterm elections begins on Tuesday.
The Senate has approved on third and final reading Sen. Panfilo Lacson’s comprehensive bill on guns and ammunition that again imposes Marcosian penalties such as imprisonment of at least 30 years for illegal possession of firearms.
Armed Forces Chief of Staff Gen. Emmanuel Bautista on Wednesday received his fourth star, two weeks after he formally assumed the post from his predecessor, retired Gen. Jessie Dellosa.
Armed Forces of the Philippines Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Noel Coballes will be the next Commanding General of the Philippine Army, replacing newly installed AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista.
Paquito Ochoa, the executive secretary, is a far cry from Paquito Diaz, the late movie actor.
On his assumption as chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Thursday, Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista outlined the evolving role of the soldier in the era of climate change—saving lives in the face of more violent environmental disasters.
What was meant to be a sentimental and nostalgic retirement speech by General Jessie Dellosa as Chief of Staff Armed Forces of the Philippines turned into a comic relief of sorts after he mistakenly called the last name of a Malacañang official by an actor’s last name.
Gen. Jessie D. Dellosa, who will retire today as chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, will receive the Philippine Legion of Honor, rank of chief commander, from President Aquino.
