ILOILO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-Region 6 is seeking the assessment of the structural integrity of infrastructure across Western Visayas following the magnitude-7 earthquake in Northern Luzon Wednesday, July 26. In a July 27 memorandum, OCD-Region 6 director Jose Roberto Nuñez...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) released the first official wave of information about the extent of damage of the powerful magnitude-7 earthquake that struck Abra and nearby provinces in Luzon on Wednesday morning, July 27. The Vigan Cathedral in Ilocos Sur is damaged by the magnitude 7...
Department of National Defense (DND) Officer-in-Charge Jose Faustino Jr. met with the incoming and outgoing defense attaches of Japan to the Philippines on Thursday, July 21. (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) Col. Nakano Yu, outgoing Japanese defense attache, and his successor,...
The Department of National Defense (DND) is expecting that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will lay down his foreign policy on his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25, so that it could align its defense and security priorities in the next six years. (Photo...
The Department of National Defense (DND) expressed confidence Friday, July 22, that the capability of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) to respond to calamities will not be affected by the transfer of additional task to lead the Covid-19 pandemic response....
The defense cooperation between the Philippines and Brazil is looking to grow deeper as both countries expressed intent to take it to a whole new level this year. Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. (center) meets Ambassador Piragibe Tarragò (left), Special...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) should address the concern of the US House of Representatives on alleged human rights violations as a condition to its aid to the Philippines, Senator Aquilino Pimentel III today (July 20) said. ‘’But those are the conditions that the US has imposed on its...
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...
Department of National Defense (DND) Officer-in-Charge Jose Faustino Jr. issued Monday, July 18, a 10-point agenda which shall serve as his guidelines to align the department’s policies with the present administration’s promise of a “stronger and better Philippines.” Department of National...
The Department of National Defense (DND) under the leadership of Officer in Charge (OIC) Jose Faustino Jr. is conducting a review of procurement contracts made by the past administration but an official bared Thursday, July 14, that it was a “customary” procedure and not held because of...
After recovering from Covid-19, Department of National Defense (DND) Officer-in-Charge Jose Faustino Jr. officially reported to work on Wednesday, July 6, and personally visited the General Headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. Department of...
Special Forces from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and members of the Australian Defense Force's (ADF) Army have finished the two-month long “KASANGGA 2022-1” bilateral exercise which effectively enhanced the interoperability of the two units, the military disclosed Saturday, July 2....
