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CAMP VICENTE LUKBAN, Catbalogan City, Samar – A government forces operation resulted in the death of a communist-terrorist group (CTG) member on October 23, 2024, during a clash in Barangay Barayong, Motiong, Samar. 

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The United States is “expanding” its maritime activities in the South China Sea, US Ambassador to the Philippines, Mary Kay Carlson told an international media conference in Manila on June 25.

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