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AFP chief cancels deployment of more troops in Marawi City

MANILA, Aug. 7 -- As clearing operations in war-torn Marawi City are set to wind down soon, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has suspended the deployment of another battalion...

523 Mautes, 122 gov’t troops killed in ongoing Marawi fighting

MANILA, Aug. 6 -- As fighting in Marawi City reached its 76th day on Sunday, military clearing operations have so far accounted for 523 Maute Group terrorists killed along with 122...

Military on alert to block NPA reentry to Bohol

TAGBILIRAN CITY, Bohol, Aug 6 -- Tight monitoring around Bohol borders continues to intercept any member of the communist terrorists’ armed wing, New People’s Army (NPA), that has been trying to...

Update in AFP’s urban warfare doctrine now ongoing

MANILA, Aug. 6 -- With the end of the Marawi City crisis now in the offing, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that it is now updating its urban warfare...

Marawi displaced youths undergo psycho-social sessions

ILIGAN CITY, Aug. 5 -- Hundreds of youth displaced by the ongoing conflict in nearby Marawi City underwent series of psycho-social and peace building sessions to help them cope up with...

Troops arrest Abu Sayyaf bandit in Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 5 -- Combined police and military operatives have arrested a suspected Abu Sayyaf bandit in a law enforcement operation in this city, a police official announced Saturday. Chief Insp....

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