Taqueban is new commander of key Army brigade in Northern Mindanao

Major General Ronel R. Manalo, commander of the Army’s Armor Division, installs Brigadier General Bernardo A. Taqueban as the 14th commander of the Army’s 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade. (Richel V. Umel / Inquirer Mindanao)

ILIGAN CITY – Brigadier General Bernardo Taqueban on Friday took over as the new commander of the Philippine Army’s 2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade based in Camp Badrodin in Barangay Maria Cristina here.

He is the 14th commander of the unit which has jurisdiction over internal security operations in Iligan City and the the provinces of Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental and parts of Misamis Oriental.

It deals with threats from the remnants of the communist movement in the hinterlands of Iligan City and nearby villages of Misamis Oriental as well as the local affiliates of the Islamic State in border communities of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur.

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