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,...
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. speaks during a press conference in Malacanang on June 24, 2024. (Courtesy of RTVM livestream) The national government is not inclined to publish the schedule of future rotation and resupply (RORE) mission in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, Department of...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. leads the inauguration of BRP Miguel Malvar (FF06) at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea on June 18, 2024. (Courtesy of DND) The Philippine Navy’s (PN) first and newest missile-guided corvette was...
(File photo) A member of the Philippine Navy was severely injured when China Coast Guard (CCG) intentionally rammed the supply boats of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that were engaged in a resupply mission at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal on Monday, June 17. Col. Xerxes Trinidad, chief...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. graces the 126th Philippine Navy anniversary at the Navy's headquarters in Manila on May 24, 2024. (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. directed the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
