President Marcos reminded graduating cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) that their loyalty must always remain with the Constitution and not with political interests, personalities, or ideologies. Speaking during the commencement exercises of the PMA “Talang Dangal” Class of 2026 in...
Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, on Wednesday, May 13, appealed to his "cavaliers" or fellow graduates of the Philippine Military Academy, to show “peaceful support” against what he described as foreign interference in Philippine sovereignty. This is amid the possibility of his arrest...
One soldier was killed and four others were injured when a military truck crashed on the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway in Barangay Caramutan, Villasis, Pangasinan on Friday afternoon, May 8. Police said the truck with license plates SAB-2115 driven by a 31-year-old soldier was traversing...
ILOILO CITY – Philippine Army commanding general Lt. Gen. Antonio G. Nafarrete awarded two soldiers wounded in recent encounters with suspected communist rebels in Negros Island. The two soldiers from the 79th Infantry Battalion (IB) were conferred the Military Merit Medal while recuperating in...
K-pop idols Jaehyun of NCT and Kim Woo-seok have officially been discharged from the South Korean military. Both 29, Jaehyun and Kim Woo-seok enlisted on Nov. 4, 2024, and completed their 18-month mandatory service. “Discharged,” NCT’s official X account posted on May 3, sharing photos of...
A Catholic bishop on Tuesday, April 28 called for an independent investigation into the deadly weekend clash in Toboso, Negros Occidental, saying key questions remain unanswered amid conflicting accounts from authorities and rights groups. Nineteen people were killed on April 19 in an encounter...
The University of the Philippines (UP) has expressed sorrow over the deaths of two of its students who were killed, along with 17 others, during a military operation in Toboso, Negros Occidental last week. The university identified the students as Alyssa Alano and Maureen Santuyo in a statement...
The 41st iteration of Exercise Balikatan officially kicked off this week, touted as the largest and most complex version of the Philippines-United States annual war games to date. Running from April 20 to May 8, the exercise features more than 17,000 soldiers from the Armed Forces of the...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. opened the 41st iteration of Exercise Balikatan at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Monday, April 20, saying it would be more than a military routine but a test of alliance and a signal of shared responsibility amid a tense...
The largest iteration of Exercise Balikatan will kick off on Monday, April 20, with around 17,000 troops from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and counterparts from the United States and five other nations taking part in an “expanded” set of war games designed to test modern defense...
DAVAO CITY – The Davao City government strongly opposed any proposal to construct United States military infrastructure within its jurisdiction, warning that such plans would meet resistance. In a statement released on Tuesday, April 14, City Information Office head Harvey Lanticse said the local...
A remote village in Davao del Norte will soon have an evacuation-ready multi-purpose building after the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and United States military broke ground on the project on Monday, April 6, as part of the “Exercise Balikatan.” The facility, which will rise in Barangay...
