CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Vice Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines (VCSAFP), LtGen Arthur M Cordura PAF, conducted a talk to the troops advocating Gender and Development at the AFP General Headquarters today, March 02, 2023.

BGen Armand M Arevalo PA, commander of the General Headquarters and Headquarters Service Command, AFP (GHQ & HSC, AFP) welcomed LtGen Cordura, who is also the Chairperson of the AFP Gender and Development Focal Point System Executive Committee.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City—Four members of the communist terrorist group (CTG) were killed in an encounter with troops of the 94th Infantry Battalion in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental on March 1.

Responding to information from residents, the soldiers conducted combat operations against the communist terrorists who were extorting food and supplies in Barangay Carabalan. This resulted in the encounter against around 20 CTG members, yielding six firearms consisting of 2 M16 rifles, 2 M203 grenade launchers, and 2 AK47 rifles.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines through its Educational Benefit System Office (AFPEBSO) conducted a golf-for-a-cause tournament dedicated to the dependents of Killed-in-Action (KIA) military personnel on March 01, 2023, at the Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club, Quezon City.

The activity, dubbed “F.O.R.E.: Fund for the Orphans’ Registration and Education,” aims to support the education of the grantees who are dependents of soldiers who sacrificed their lives protecting the peace in the country.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City—The AFP joined other government agency officials in welcoming the Philippine Inter-Agency Humanitarian Contingent (PIAHC) to Turkiye on February 28 at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport.

The PIAHC was deployed in Turkiye on February 8 to conduct humanitarian assistance and disaster response operations following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit the country.