The Philippine National Police (PNP) said Friday, July 17, that it has not monitored any security threat since the implementation of the election gun ban for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) as it intensified security preparations for the region 's first...
Four police officers from the San Rafael Municipal Police Station in Baliwag, Bulacan – including their station commander – were relieved from their posts after a local businessman accused them of attempting to force him into a vehicle without a warrant on Thursday, July 16. The Police Regional...
A retired police officer who had been under surveillance by the Philippine National Police Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (PNP-IMEG) was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Iriga City, Camarines Sur on Thursday night, July 16. The suspect was identified as retired Police Staff Sergeant...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. said that an artificial intelligence (AI)-generated video released by a Chinese state-run media organization portraying Filipinos as “stupid monkeys” clad in a Barong Tagalog justified the Philippines’ policy of avoiding...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento as the new chairperson of the Government of the Philippines Peace Implementing Panel (GPH-PIP) for the peace process with the Moro Islamic...
More Filipinos want the government to prioritize modernizing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) over other security measures to protect the country 's maritime rights, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey commissioned by the...
The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Inday and the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat) climbed to 26 as more than one million people were affected across the country and relief work continues, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) reported on Wednesday, July 15. The latest report of the OCD as of 6...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Tuesday, July 14, commended the Manila Police District (MPD) for its “disciplined and restrained” handling of a protest in the capital city, marking the 10th anniversary of the 2016 arbitral ruling on the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The rally along Kalaw...
More than 200 Philippine Air Force (PAF) personnel will take part in Exercise Pitch Black 2026 in Australia as the military steps up its participation in multinational air combat training with allied and partner nations. PAF spokesperson Col. Ma. Christina Basco said the contingent will deploy with...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday, July 14, confirmed the persistent presence of Chinese research vessels near Batanes even as it dismissed recent claims by Chinese academics that the northernmost province of the Philippines is part of Taiwan and, by extension, China. Retired...
DARAGA, Albay — Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Monday, July 13, said he is not thinking about any political plans for 2028, saying his priority is to fulfill his responsibilities at the DND and continue the military 's ongoing transformation. In an...
DARAGA, Albay – Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Monday, July 13, urged the Bicol University to strengthen the teaching of its own history, saying educating the youth about the institution 's origins is essential to resisting revisionism and preserving...
