By 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division, Philippine Army MARAWI CITY: The commander of the 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division awarded the troops of 49th Infantry (Good Samaritans) Battalion for their successful encounter against Bingo Coy, SRC-5, NCMRC on 25 April 2020 at Brgy Buntalis, Lumba-Bayabao, Lanao del Sur. The Military Merit Medal with Spearhead Device was confered… Read More Tabak commander awards gallant 49IB troopers
ILIGAN CITY: Combined Army troopers of 97th and 53rd Infantry Battalions saved an abandoned wounded New People’s Army (NPA) fighter in Barangay Guibo, Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte, on Wednesday, the Army said. Military identified the NPA by his alyas, Lando, who was wounded during the recent encounter between the 97IB and the NPA in Barangay Pange,… Read More Army rescues an abandoned wounded NPA in Zambo Norte
ILIGAN CITY: A Team Leader of the New People’s Army surrendered to 44th Infantry Battalion in Lower Baluran, Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay, on Monday afternoon, May 4, 2020. The NPA was identified as Jonar Balase Penote alyas Jonas, of Team Abe, Squad 1, Guerilla Front Feleciano Alpha (GF Flex-A) , Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee (WMRPC).… Read More NPA team leader surrenders, yields firearms in Zamboanga Sibugay
CAMP SANG-AN, Pulacan, ZDS – Fifty-nine Former Rebels and their supporters are now job-ready after they’ve graduated to Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Training Skills 9:00 a.m. today, December 27, 2019 held at Multipurpose Building, Brgy Guinoman, Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay Province. The former rebels and their supporters successfully completed the Livelihood Training such as… Read More 59 Sibugay Former Rebels, Supporters Now Job-Ready
By Bitoon A Ranao September 20, 2019 MARAWI CITY: A Communist NPA Militia and his supporter surrendered and yielded high-powered firearm to Army’s 82nd Infantry Battalion at their headquarters in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur 12:40 p.m. Thursday, September 19, 2019. “The NPA Militia, who has the M16 rifle, was eager to surrender and influenced the… Read More NPA militia, supporter surrender in Lanao Sur, yields firearms
By Masiding Noor Yahya July 26, 2019 Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana (Tabak-DPAO photo) MARAWI CITY: The Philippine Army’s 103rd Infantry (Haribon) Brigade has facilitated a four-day Youth Leadership Summit held at Lanao del Sur provincial capitol here on June 25 to 28, military said. In a statement, the 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division’s public affairs office… Read More Army facilitates Lanao Sur youth summit
By BITOON A RANAO June 11, 2019 MARAWI CITY: The 1st Infantry Division of the Philippine Army tendered arrival honors to the newly promoted General at Kuta Major Cesar L Sang-an, Pulacan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur on Tuesday. Brigadier General Romeo S. Brawner Jr., the 103rd Infantry Brigade Commander, based in Kampo Ranao, here, was accorded with… Read More Army’s 1st Infantry Division honors newly promoted General Brawner
By ASA T. MADALE March 5, 2019 ILIGAN CITY: One Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) member was apprehended through the joint law enforcement operation by Army’s 44th Infantry Battalion and PNP troopers in Brgy Madaup, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay on Monday dawn. Maldimar Mahmor, also a kidnapper, under the Sulu-based ASG sub-leader, Idang Susukan, who formerly followed Galib… Read More Joint Army/PNP arrests Abu Sayaf member in Zamboanga Sibugay
MARAWI CITY: Four New People’s Army (NPA) militias voluntarily surrendered to security forces in Barangay (Village) Rogongon here on Thursday, the military said. The 1st Infantry “Tabak” Division said the four militias surrendered through the intensified focused military operations of the government security forces and the sustained pressure from the different stakeholders. The surrender of… Read More 4 NPA rebels surrender, yield 4 firearms in Iligan City
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur: Two gunmen were arrested in a joint Army/PNP pursuit operation in Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur Sunday afternoon. The arrested gunmen who managed to escape through a single motorcycle were allegedly involved in a shooting incident in the municipality of Ramon Magsaysay. The gunmen were identified as Junny Supiter y Sebag,… Read More Gunmen nabbed in Zamboanga
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