Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff General Andres C Centino PA joins the virtual Chiefs of Defense Meeting on 13 January 2022. General Centino discussed the AFP's strategic priorities for 2022 in the meeting hosted by the US INDO-PACIFIC Command and attended by 24 top and senior military leaders from 24 countries. This event is a continuation of the primary Chiefs of Defense meeting held in August 2021 in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photos by SN1 Viluan/PAO, AFP)

The Armed Forces of the Philippines extends its sincerest condolences to the family and friends of General Lisandro Abadia, former AFP Chief of Staff.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines confirms that the AFP Chief of Staff, General Andres Centino has tested positive for COVID-19, yesterday.

MAWAB, DAVAO DE ORO - Menandro Villanueva alias BOK, the longest-serving Secretary of Southern Mindanao Regional Committee (SMRC), currently the Secretary of Komisyong Mindanao (KOMMID), Commanding Officer of the NPA’s National Operations Command (NOC), and member of the POLITBURO of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) was killed in an encounter against the troops under 1001st Infantry Brigade at Brgy Libudon, Mabini, Davao de Oro on Wednesday evening, January 5, 2022.