(File photo) Two weeks after winding up talks for a visiting forces agreement with New Zealand, the Philippines is again a step closer to signing a similar treaty with Canada, the Department of National Defense (DND) announced Friday, March 7. Negotiating panels from both countries concluded the...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (sixth from right) tells his counterparts from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor Leste to unite in addressing security challenges confronting the Indo-Pacific region at...
(L-R) Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Gen and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. hold a bilateral meeting in Makati City on Feb. 24, 2025. (Photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) (UPDATED STORY) The Philippines and Japan committed to bring their...
(L-R) Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Gen and DND Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. visits key military facilities at Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga on Feb. 23, 2025. (Photo: DND) The top defense officials of the Philippines and Japan examined various military facilities in Luzon on Sunday,...
(Photo: Department of National Defense) The Department of National Defense (DND) announced Thursday, Feb. 20, the conclusion of the negotiations for the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) between the Philippines and New Zealand. The final negotiating round was hosted by the New...
(Courtesy of Department of National Defense) In a rare moment of poetic display, Ambassador Franz-Michael Mellbin of the Kingdom of Denmark penned a heartfelt haiku about the Philippines’ perseverance to protect its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), capturing the heart of...
Outgoing Kingdom of Thailand Ambassador to the Philippines Tull Traisorat (left) pays a farewell call on Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo: DND) Thailand is capable of supplying ships, unmanned aerial vehicles...
The submersible drone marked “HY-119”, discovered off the coast of San Pascual, Masbate is Chinese-made, the Philippine National Police (PNP) Maritime Group told a Senate panel. The Philippine Navy said the forensic analysis on a submersible drone discovered off the coast of San Pascual,...
DND Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (sixth from right) and AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. (middle) lead the DND-AFP joint New Year's Call at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Jan. 3, 2025 to realign their goals for this year. The event was attended by officials from the DND and General Headquarters...
Philippine Air Force (PAF) and Philippine Army (PA) troops unload boxes of relief supplies for residents affected by recent typhoons in Sta. Margarita, Baggao, Cagayan on Nov. 15, 2024. (Photo: PAF) The Department of National Defense (DND) is optimistic that the nation will be more resilient to the...
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro defended on Tuesday, Dec. 24, the decision of the Philippine government to acquire mid-range missile assets as part of the territorial defense plan for the country. In a statement, Teodoro also emphasized that any deployment of U.S. mid-range missile assets...
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo) If it were only up to Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., the national government will have no truce with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), its armed wing, the National People’s Army (NPA), and...
