Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said the government will carefully review the concerns surrounding access restrictions at the Col. Ernesto Ravina Air Base or Crow Valley in Capas, Tarlac. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Ilocano Dialogue on the West...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said the recently delivered $80 million worth of United States defense assistance has already been earmarked for specific requirements. Teodoro, who graced the Ilocano Dialogue on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in Batac City, Ilocos...
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Saturday, July 18, said it will sustain the continuous deployment of military assets in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to protect the country 's maritime territory and expose “illegal” activities by foreign vessels. The commitment came a week...
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...
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...
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...
CEBU CITY – Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Monday, July 13, said that the commemoration of the Philippines ' legal victory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) should lead to stronger resilience, deterrence, infrastructure security, and cybersecurity as...
A decade after the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in favor of the Philippines, the nation marked the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Arbitral Award on Sunday, July 12, with nationwide displays of defiance and unity against coercion in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). From the Quirino Grandstand in...
The country should not enter into a South China Sea Code of Conduct (COC) that weakens the landmark 2016 arbitral ruling as doing so would erode the country 's sovereign rights and undermine international law, according to an independent think tank. This was the call made by Stratbase...
Former House quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman Robert Ace Barbers gave China a piece of his mind upon learning of the Asian giant 's recent ballistic missile test in the South Pacific. Barbers, currently House impeachment adviser and spokesperson of the prosecution panel in the trial...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Friday, July 10, that the country will not pay Japan for the transfer of five Abukuma-class destroyer escorts but it will shoulder the logistics and other related expenses needed to bring the vessels into service. Teodoro...
