CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) received 29 boxes of care packages from the University of the Philippines Cadet Alumni Organization (UPCAO) intended for soldiers and school children in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) fronting the West Philippine Sea in Palawan on Monday, May 30.

Boxes of food supplies, drinking water, and toiletries will go to troops deployed in KIG detachments. Other goods such as milk, biscuits, school supplies and materials will be distributed to the children in the Islands that compose the Kalayaan Group.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Monday approved the ad interim promotions of 17 Generals and Flag Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).

The CA confirmed nine generals from the Philippine Army. They were Lieutenant General William N Gonzales, Major General Camilo Z Ligayo, Major General Wilbur C Mamawag, Major General Ignatius N Patrimonio, Major General Romulo A Manuel Jr, Brigadier General Adonis Ariel G Orio, Brigadier General Glenn Jun C Calambuhay, Brigadier General Consolito P Yecla, and Brigadier General Marvin L Licudine.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) General Andres Centino commended the troops of the Army's 1st Infantry "Tabak" Division for carrying out successful operations against armed threats in South-Western Mindanao during the unit's 86th founding anniversary celebration in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on Wednesday, June 1.

General Centino recognized 1ID's accomplishments which include the neutralization of 615 personalities from communist terrorists and local terrorist groups. Of the 615 neutralized personalities, 60 died in encounters, 358 were apprehended, and 197 surrendered. Moreover, 844 firearms were seized or surrendered, and four communist terrorist's guerrilla fronts were dismantled.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) seized high-powered firearms from the CPP-NPA Terrorist (CNT) in General Nakar, Quezon Province, on Wednesday, June 1.

Members of the Philippine Army's 1st Infantry Battalion (1IB) seized an M16 rifle, hand grenade, anti-personnel mine, and subversive documents after an encounter with about 10 NPAs in Brgy. Magsikap.