Ranking military officials visit the Naval Detachment Mavulis in Mavulis Island, Batanes on Jan. 12, 2025 to assess which improvements are needed in the key outpost located in the northernmost part of the Philippines. (Photo: Philippine Navy) Philippine Navy (PN) chief, Rear Adm. Jose Ma....
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (below, third from right) visits the northern frontier's maritime defense outpost in Mavulis Island in Itbayat, Batanes on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Department of National Defense (DND) has cautioned...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (below, third from right) visits the northern frontier's maritime defense outpost in Mavulis Island in Itbayat, Batanes on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto...
CAMP AQUINO, Tarlac City – Sen. Francis N. Tolentino, chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Philippine Maritime and Admiralty Zones, and Lt. Gen. Fernyl G. Buca, Armed Forces Northern Luzon Command chief, inaugurated a naval detachment in Mavulis Island in Batanes on Wednesday, October 18....
General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), met with personnel of the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) stationed in Batanes on Thursday, June 29, to ensure the military’s support to them as the "guardians" of the country’s northernmost frontier. *Gen....
A desalination plan system, which could produce 1,500 gallons of potable water everyday, has been constructed in the Philippines' northernmost outpost, Mavulis Island in Batanes. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana led the inauguration of a desalination plant system which he said was completed...