The Senate will strive to increase the proposed budget of the Department of National Defense, including the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for next year to strengthen the country’s defense operations and as part of its efforts to defend the country amid the tensions in the West Philippine...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. (front, middle) poses for a photo with 13 civil servant of the DND and its bureaus who were recognized for outstanding public service during the commemoration of the 123rd Philippine Civil Service Anniversary (PCSA) in Camp...
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro Jr. unleashed a barrage of stinging words on China after its foreign ministry spokesperson claimed that BRP Sierra Madre was dumping sea waste in the South China Sea (SCS)....
The Department of National Defense (DND) has expressed gratitude to the leadership of the House of Representatives for passing in the second reading a version of the Military and Uniformed Personnel (MUP) pension system reform bill that exempts active uniformed personnel from paying their...
(L-R) Ambassador-designate of France to the Philippines Marie Fontanel-Lassalle and Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Photo courtesy of DND) France offered to help develop the Philippines’ submarine force to bolster the latter's maritime capabilities, the Department...
For Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, the appointment of Gilbert Teodoro Jr. as chief of the Department of National Defense (DND) once again, came at a very opportune time amid the rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (Senate PRIB photo)...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Courtesy of DND) The Commission on Appointments (CA) unanimously confirmed the ad interim appointment of lawyer Gilberto Teodoro Jr. as the Secretary of National Defense (SND) on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Teodoro’s appointment was...
The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday, September 13 confirmed the ad interim appointment of Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro as Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND). Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. faces the Committee on National Defense of the Commission on...
DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong (File photo) Officers and members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces – Moro Islamic Liberation Front (BIAF-MILF) who will engage in activities that disrupt peace and order will be terminated from the group. The Department of National Defense (DND)...
Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo) Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. defended the DND's proposed budget for 2024, saying that a big chunk of it is allotted for the modernization program of the Armed forces of the...
BRP Valentin Diaz (PS-177) and BRP Ladislao Diwa (PS-178) are officially christened and commissioned to service by the Philippine Navy at the Naval Station Jose Andrada in Manila on Sept. 11, 2023. (Photo by Arnold Quizol / MANILA BULLETIN) The dangerous maneuvers, shadowing, and other aggressive...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) needs to acquire big-ticket naval assets such as a submarine to help the country build a credible defense posture in light of the territorial and maritime issues in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar stated this on Saturday,...
