DND Undersecretary Angelito De Leon virtually attends the post-SONA discussion held in Pasay City on July 24, 2024. (Courtesy of RTVM livestream) The Department of National Defense (DND) said Wednesday, July 24, that it is forging close defense and security relations with other countries so that...
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Courtesy of DND) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said Monday, July 22, that there is an “elaborate plan” by detractors of President Marcos Jr. to destabilize the government. This, after Teodoro denounced the...
Department of National Defense spokesperson Director Arsenio Andolong (File photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) (Updated) The Department of National Defense (DND) on Monday, July 22, urged the United States to investigate the personalities who released a “malicious” and “fake...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (middle) delivers a speech at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on July 16, 2024 while (L-R) General Charles Q. Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) of the United States (US), and Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief...
Department of National Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Courtesy of DND) The Department of National Defense (DND) commemorated on Friday, July 12, the eighth anniversary of the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s (PCA) 2016 ruling, saying that the historic award was more than a piece of...
AGREEMENT SIGNED — Japan Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko and Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro sign the Philippines-Japan Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) in Malacañan on July 8, 2024. Witnessing the signing are Japan Defense Minister Kihira Minoru, President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr.,...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (rightmost) answers questions from the media during a press conference following the Philippines-Japan 2+2 Defense and Foreign Affairs Ministerial Meeting in Taguig City on July 8, 2024. With him are (L-R) Japanese Minister of Defence...
(L-R) Admiral Adoong Pan-Inam, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Navy, and Department of National Defense Undersecretary Angelito M. De Leon (Photo: DND) The country’s defense sector got a much-needed support from Thailand’s navy amid efforts to modernize the Philippine Navy (PN) and...
Camp Aguinaldo (Photo by Martin Sadongdong) The Department of National Defense (DND) was cold on the claims made by Senator Imee Marcos that China could launch its hypersonic missile system against the Philippines over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) tension. In a statement on Wednesday, July 3, the...
(L-R) Major General Ujang Darwis, director general for defence strategy of the Indonesian Ministry of Defence and Department of National Defense Undersecretary for Capability Assessment and Development Angelito M. De Leon (Photo by DND) The Department of National Defense (DND) has briefed the...
Due to the confidential nature of the details behind the resupply missions to the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, it remains unclear why it took the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) more or less 12 hours to rescue the injured Navy personnel. In the middle of the hearing of...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said that the recent Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal incident was a "deliberate aggressive action" and not a misunderstanding or accident. Department of National Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro on Tuesday, June 25, 2024,...
