(Photo: Philippine Military Academy) Young cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) went out of their learning base at Fort Del Pilar in Baguio City recently to immerse themselves and train at Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), where tense confrontations between Philippine and...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2025 and "Salaknib" exercises between the Philippines and the United States (US) shouldn't be viewed as an action against anybody in particular, House...
Philippine Army chief Lt. Gen. Roy M. Galido (left) and General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, engage in a bilateral meeting at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters in Hanoi. Galido visited Vietnam from April 7 to 10, 2025 for a series of activities...
The Philippines and Australia will increase their joint military exercises this year by twice as much as last year. Australia's defense government, in an advisory dated April 7, said the move is aimed at strengthening cooperation and broadening interoperability between troops of both...
This photograph, released by Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, and taken from a Taiwan Air Force P-3C Orion anti-submarine aircraft, shows a Chinese Cloud Shadow WZ-10 drone near Taiwan, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The...
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrived in the Philippines on Thursday night, March 27, and is set to meet with President Marcos and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives in the Philippines for a two-day working visit. (Photo from Amb....
No country must interfere with the Philippines' decisions in terms of bolstering its military capability as the country is no one's chess piece. PCO Undersecretary Claire Castro (RTVM) This was the Palace's response to China's call to the Philippines to “stop serving as other countries’...
(L-R) Cadet 1st Class Midshipman Jhoco D. Apal and Cadet 1 st Class Aerocadet Joshua Willie J. Ramos (Photo: Philippine Defense and Armed Forces Attaché-Japan) Two cadets from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) have graduated from Japan’s prestigious National Defense Academy (NDA), marking a...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An unusually large number of Chinese military ships, planes and drones entered airspace and waters surrounding Taiwan between Sunday and Monday, the self-governing island republic's Defense Ministry said. China said the drills were a response to recent statements and...
Chinese navy troops attending a joint naval drill with Iran and Russia stand on the deck of their warship in an official arrival ceremony at Shahid Beheshti port in Chabahar in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — China, Iran and...
Although the alliance between the Philippines and the United States remains “ironclad,” Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Manuel “Babe” Romualdez admitted that the Philippines has “to be ready to defend itself in the future. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and US...
CEBU CITY — Operations are underway to find a Philippine Air Force (PAF) fighter jet that went missing during what was called a Tactical Night Operations past midnight Tuesday, March 4. In a statement, the PAF said an FA-50 fighter jet lost communication with the rest of the flight involved in...
