Three soldiers were killed and 13 others were wounded when members of the New People’s Army ambushed a convoy of soldiers Monday night in Pinukpok town, Kalinga. Brig. Gen. Paul Atal, chief of the Army’s 503rd Brigade, said the government troops were about to return to their command post in…

It took only six guards with shotguns to repulse more than 50 heavily armed members of the New People’s Army (NPA) from entering the main facilities of a mine site in Masara, Maco, Compostela Valley  early evening Sunday, July 26. The guards of Mongoose Security Agency were on alert for…

BCM is an acronym that many people are still unfamiliar with. This article provides an overview of what BCM is. It also highlights the importance that BCM holds for individuals and companies given today’s complexities. And finally, it proposes the adoption of BCM to promote resilience through the growing and…

In a span of two weeks, a dozen cases of mass food poisoning have been reported in different parts of the country, downing thousands, mostly students. The latest in the rash of food poisoning incidents happened Friday, July 24 in Calamba City, Laguna. Around 400 students of Real Elementary School…

Joint elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police arrested on Tuesday another ranking leader of the New People’s Army in Quezon City, the military reported. Lt. Col. Noel J. Detoyato, head of the AFP Public Affairs Office, identified the rebel leader as Ernesto Lorenzo,…

The group behind ROOTCON started operations on December 27, 2008. It was then registered as DEFCON Group 6332 and carried the name DEFCONPH. After going through copyright issues, the group was renamed PinoyGreyHat until its founder decided to rebrand to a more neutral and conference-friendly name: ROOTCON. The name was…

Over the past few weeks, we have been monitoring, with growing alarm, two tragic stories of two women who shared the same fate – death, brutal, grisly death. As women, when we read about crimes committed against our fellow women, we have the propensity to feel the need for retribution.…

Wanted Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) sub-leader Mahmur Jupuri was killed by government troops in a military operation in Sulu, a military official said Wednesday. According to Colonel Alan Arrojado, Joint Task Group Sulu commander, Mahmur was neutralized in Brgy. Poblacion in Indanan town around 4:30 in the afternoon. Mahmur has…