Senator Robinhood Padilla delivers a specch during the convening ceremony of the Basic Citizen Military Course (BCMC) Class 10-2024 at the Senate Building in Pasay City on April 3, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) The Philippine Navy (PN) said Friday, April 5, that it has begun training 51...
Sen. Robinhood "Robin" C. Padilla reiterated on Wednesday, April 3 the need to prepare citizens to respond to calamities by undergoing military training. Padilla mentioned this after the Philippines was included among areas that felt the effects of the 7.5 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan. Speaking...
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and so said a proverb from the 17 th century. And it could hold true to this day in this country, for two women, who have alleged to have suffered different forms of abuse in the hands of their high-ranking military-husbands, and are now on a...
K-pop boy band BTS member Jin has started the countdown to his discharge from the Korean military. “D-100,” posted Jin on the Weverse app on March 4, referring to the 100 days left before he finishes his military service. BTS' Jin's posted "D-100" on Weverse on March 4 about the 100...
New recruits stand in formation during their oath taking for the opening of the Candidate Soldier Course Class 792-2024 at the Office Candidate School Grounds of Camp O’Donnell in Capas, Tarlac on March 1, 2024. (Courtesy of Philippine Army) The Philippine Army (PA) has began training 708 new...
A cyber military officer guides the participants of the Cyber Skills Development Activity in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on February 24, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Army) The Philippine Army (PA) will hold its first-ever service unit-wide Combined Arms Training Exercise (CATEX) "Katihan" on...
Speaking before alumni of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA), Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri says that he is hoping that they stand with the Senate in protecting the 1987 Constitution. (Photo from the Office of Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri) "I am hopeful that our men and women of the...
FORT DEL PILAR, Baguio City – Retired Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes C. Esperon Jr. received the Philippine Military Academy Lifetime Achievement Award during the annual PMA Alumni Homecoming here on Saturday, February 17. FORMER Armed Forces chief of staff retired Gen. Hermogenes C. Esperson...
The Senate Committee on National Defense and Security has included an amendment in the substitute measure proposing reforms in the military and uniformed personnel (MUP) pension system that would require only new entrants to give contributions for their pension. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada,...
The minister of the French Armed Forces will be coming to Manila to enhance the Philippines and France’s ties in the Indo-Pacific. French Minister Sébastien Lecornu will visit the country on Saturday, Dec. 2, to engage in a high-level meeting and working lunch with Department of National Defense...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte defended Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte’s request for confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs), saying that she intended to use it to make military training compulsory again for high school and college students. (From left) Former...
It does need a conflict before Australia helps the Philippines in the waters. For Australian Ambassador to the Philippines HK Yu, preventing a conflict is "more important" than making a response to it. That, she said, is the reason why Canberra is helping Manila bolster the interoperability between...
