The Philippines and China appeared to set aside their territorial dispute in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) for a moment as the Department of National Defense (DND) officially received the first batch of a military grant with a total worth of RMB (Renminbi) 130 million or P1 billion from the East...
Senatorial aspirant and Sorsogon Governor Francis ‘’Chiz’’ Escudero on Monday, Jan. 7 said the government must be able to address the government’s ballooning liabilities to pensioners in the military and uniformed services through a sustainable pension system. The former senator also...
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Four terrorists and one soldier were killed when Pakistani security forces repulsed attacks on two camps of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps (FC) in two districts of the country's southwestern Balochistan province Wednesday night, an army statement said. The attacks...
Yes, you read it right. Korean actor Park Bo Gum, who has been in the military (particularly in the navy) as part of the citizen requirements, has a barber license exam. Park Bo Gum Since he left for this post last Aug. 31, 2020, he has done a lot, including passing the National Technical...
Student leaders from the University of Santo Tomas (UST) have expressed their opposition to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte's proposal to make military service mandatory for Filipinos turning 18 and instead pushed for mandatory history subjects in high school. University of Santo Tomas (Photo from...
More than 800 residents in Palawan received free medical and dental supplies from the United States (US) military recently, the US Embassy in the Philippines said. (Photo courtesy of the US Embassy in the Philippines) During a three-day outreach program on Jan. 19 to 22, the US Civil-Military...
The Philippine Army (PA) installed a new Army Governance and Strategy Management Office (AGSMO) chief in a Change of Chief of Office Ceremony at the Army headquarters (HPA) in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Monday, Jan. 31. Maj. Gen. Roberto Capulong, Philippine Army Chief of Staff, hands over the...
A total of 127 individuals have started their military training on Friday, Jan. 28, to be the next set of Philippine Army (PA) troopers in Eastern Visayas. (Courtesy of 8th Infantry Division) Captain Ryan Layug, commander of the 8th Infantry Division (8ID), said 115 male and 12 female Army recruits...
Former K-pop boy band Big Bang member Seungri scored victory when a military court commuted his sentence to one year and six months from three years following his conviction in August last year on nine charges including prostitution mediation. On Jan. 27, the High Military Court of the Ministry of...
If elected, presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said he will appoint his running mate and vice presidential candidate Sara Duterte-Carpio to the Department of National Defense (DND). During One PH's Sa Totoo Lang interview on Monday, Jan. 24 Marcos Jr. said that is what the...
Cebu 1st District Rep. Eduardo Gullas has backed aspiring vice president Sara Duterte-Carpio's plan to make military service mandatory for those 18 years old as he believed "is it good for nation building." Gullas, who authored House Bill 1788 to reinstate the Reserve Officers' Training Corps in...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV said that vice presidential aspirant Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio’s mandatory military service proposal shows her “lack of understanding” about security matters. Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Czar Dancel / MANILA BULLETIN) The former senator,...
