Executive Secretary Ralph Recto was formally conferred the rank of Auxiliary Vice Admiral by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), it was announced on Saturday, Feb. 28. The donning and oath-taking ceremony was held last Feb. 26 aboard the PCG’s flagship multi-role response vessel, the BRP Teresa...
The Department of National Defense (DND) announced Saturday, Feb. 28, that it has represented the country for its maiden participation in the 3rd Japan Pacific Islands Defense Dialogue (JPIDD) held in Tokyo recently. Hosted by the Ministry of Defense of Japan, the dialogue gathered defense and...
The Philippine National Police is investigating whether two foreign nationals arrested in a recent gun buy-bust operation in Pasay City are connected to supposedly larger firearms syndicates operating in Metro Manila and nearby regions, the country’s top cop said Friday, Feb. 27. The two...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, Feb. 27, that it has intensified its counter-terrorism measures following the arrest of an alleged member of a local terror group linked to the 2018 bombing in General Santos City. PNP Chief, Police General Jose Melencio C. Nartatez Jr. said the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced on Friday, Feb. 27, that it has tested its combat readiness in a high-stakes demonstration of trilateral interoperability in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) with counterparts from the United States and Japan. The AFP concluded its 15th Multilateral...
The Philippine Army (PA) announced Wednesday, Feb. 25, that it has launched the third iteration of its large-scale Combined Arms Training Exercise (CATEX) “Katihan” 2026 at Paredes Air Station in Pasuquin, Ilocos Norte. The exercise is designed to test the Army’s ability to quickly move...
Maj. Gen. Vicente MAP Blanco III, commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC), on Wednesday, Feb. 25, condemned the actions of retired Marines who allegedly acted as “bagmen” in the supposed delivery of P805 billion worth of kickbacks from flood control programs to top government officials,...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) bolstered the nation’s territorial defense with the simultaneous christening and commissioning of two new naval vessels, the offshore patrol vessel (OPV) BRP Rajah Sulayman (PS-20) and the fast attack interdiction craft (FAIC) BRP Audrey Bañares...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has placed its troops on red alert ahead of the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution on Wednesday, Feb. 25. AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Padilla said the military will augment police personnel in ensuring the peaceful...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday, feb. 24, disclosed that it has not monitored any construction of an outpost or missile deployment in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), contrary to claims online by a diplomat that China has built a...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said on Tuesday, Feb. 24, that its technical diving group has completed a full underwater search of the sunken MV Trisha Kerstin 3 after 27 days of high-risk deep-water operations off Baluk-Baluk Island in Basilan. The diving operations started on Jan. 28 and ended...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is looking to build a Catholic church on Pag-asa Island to serve residents and government personnel stationed in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson for WPS, said he discussed the plan with Bishop Socrates Mesiona, of the...
