The last time the Philippines held a state funeral for a former president was in 1997 for the late Diosdado Macapagal. The family of the late former presidents Corazon Aquino and Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III declined Malacañang’s offer to give each of them a state funeral in 2009 and 2021,...
The Philippines and the US will probably have more joint military activities in the coming years under the Marcos administration. Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel "Babe" Romualdez on Monday, August 8, raised this possibility, which could include joint maritime patrols, as he said the US...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday condemned China's military drills encircling Taiwan as "a significant escalation". US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken looks on at the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers meeting during the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting...
HYBE Corp., the parent company of music labels managing K-pop artists such as BTS, Seventeen, TXT, ENHYPEN, Le Sserafim and Fromis 9, reported record revenues and profit in the second quarter of 2022. During the conference call to report the financial results of HYBE for the second quarter of 2022...
PINGTAN, China -- China fired ballistic missiles and deployed fighter jets Thursday as it held its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan, a show of force condemned by Washington as a gross overreaction to Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island. Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan...
Grammy-nominated K-pop group BTS will be allowed to hold concerts outside South Korea even while they are serving in the military. This is the proposal of Korea’s Ministry of National Defense for BTS whose member Jin will be up for enlistment next year, the first member to do so if no new law is...
State-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) expressed willingness to manage the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension fund once it is enacted into law. Jose Arnulfo “Wick” Veloso, GSIS president and general manager, said pension fund is open to cooperate with the national...
An alleged communist leader and two of his followers were killed in a series of military assaults in Palimbang, Sultan Kudarat on Saturday, July 30. (Graphics: Western Mindanao Command) The Western Mindanao Command WestMinCom) identified the fatalities as Ian Dela Rama alias “Cris;” Valerio...
DAVAO CITY (PNA) – Another ranking leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in an encounter with government troops in Barobo, Surigao del Sur, the military here said Friday, July 22. THE body of New People’s Army leader Arnold Ornales lies on the ground after he was killed in an...
An anti-personnel mine allegedly planted by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels exploded in Catubig, Northern Samar on Tuesday, July 19, killing a soldier and injuring five others who were on a community support program (CSP) that was supposed to bring development to a remote barangay. (File photo)...
Japan’s Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense Iwamoto Tsuyohito visited the country and paid a courtesy call on top defense and military officials as both countries look to establish stronger cooperation in the field of security. Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense of Japan Vice Minister...
Four suspected New People’s Army (NPA) fighters – including a 21-year-old young man and a 26-year-old woman, were killed in a recent armed encounter in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental, the military’s Visayas Command (VISCOM) confirmed Wednesday, July 13. (Courtesy of Visayas Command) In a...
