The Department of National Defense (DND) should explore the feasibility of restructuring the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) with additional forces to boost the country’s maritime defense. Senator Risa Hontiveros said this proposal may be worth considering in light of China’s continuous...
The House Committee on Higher and Technical Education on Wednesday, June 2, approved the substitute bill that seeks to institutionalize the 1989 accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (UP-DND) into the UP Charter of 2008. University of the...
The Philippine Army (PA) will further boost its mobility with the expected delivery this year of 90 Russian-made, troop-carrying trucks worth P324 million, the Department of National Defense (DND) bared Sunday, May 30. Department of National Defense Spokesperson Arsenio Andolong (Photo courtesy of...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has conducted an ocular inspection at the Department of National Defense (DND)'s Government Arsenal (GA) facility in Limay, Bataan where two personnel died in a recent explosion. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana meets with the families of the victims of the...
Authorities have launched a thorough investigation on the May 26 explosion in its arsenal in Bataan which left two workers dead and two others injured. Government Arsenal director Arnel Depakakibo confirmed that the blast occurred at the Primer Composition Mixing Facility of Explosives Division at...
At least two people died while two others were reportedly injured after a loud explosion ripped through one of the buildings of the arsenal of the Department of National Defense (DND) in Limay, Bataan. A police report reaching Camp Crame in Quezon City identified the victims as Ricardo Solomon, 40;...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) will have an additional firepower in its arsenal with the arrival of T-129 attack helicopters from Turkey in September this year, an official of the Department of National Defense (DND) disclosed Tuesday, May 25. T-129 ATAK attack helicopter (File photo courtesy of...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana expressed support Saturday, May 22, to the proposed legislation that will amend the retirement age of officers, set the tenure-in-grade of all military personnel, and amend the percentage of general officers to the total strength of the Armed Forces of the...
The Department of National Defense (DND) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) inaugurated new military facilities at Fort Magsaysay in Palayan, Nueva Ecija on Friday, May 21, under the "Tatag ng Imprastraktura para sa Kapayapaan at Seguridad" (TIKAS) program. Defense Secretary...
The University of the Philippines-Visayas (UPV) has reiterated that universities and other higher learning institutions should be a venue where people can freely express and exchange ideas. Photo from the University of the Philippines-Visayas Facebook page. The UPV’s Office of the Chancellor made...
The Department of National Defense (DND) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) jointly inaugurated multiple infrastructure projects at Camp O’ Donnell in Capas, Tarlac on Friday, May 14. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark...
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has denied rumors that there is a clash of views between President Duterte and the Department of National Defense (DND) on the issue of the country's maritime dispute with China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). "President Duterte’s orders to us have been very...
