Members of the Philippine Army's 525th Combat Engineer "Forerunner" Battalion and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) hold a water search and rescue (WASAR) training in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. (Photo: Philippine Army) The premier disaster response unit of the Philippine Army (PA) conducted...
President Marcos has attributed his successful humanitarian and disaster-related visits around the country to the Presidential Airlift Wing (PAW), saying he could not do the work he needs to do without them. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. graces the 56th founding anniversary of the 250th...
The financial returns for college graduates have decreased in recent years, according to a study by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). In a policy note titled “Returns to Education in the Philippines (2005–2022): Declining Benefits, Increased Inequities,” PIDS...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Photo: DND) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. sees the tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) spilling over the country’s skies, as what happened during the latest incident in Bajo de Masinloc...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez said that the reported endangerment by two Chinese fighter jets of a Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane conducting routine patrol over Bajo de Masinloc "does not...
​The Philippine government will protest China's recent air harassment against the Philippine Air Force (PAF) over Scarborough Shoal. "I was informed a diplomatic protest will be sent within the day," Ma. Teresita Daza, spokesperson for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), said Monday,...
The maritime situation in the West Philippine Sea has yet to calm, yet there is already a looming concern on the instability in the country's airspace. President Marco lamented this as he condemned on Sunday, Aug. 11, the air incident in Bajo de Masinloc earlier this week, stressing that the...
File photo shows a Philippine Air Force NC-212i propeller aircraft, June 11, 2018. (Photo: PAF) From overlapping maritime claims in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), China has taken its territorial dispute with the Philippines in the airspace. General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed...
A Philippine Air Force (PAF) FA-50 fighter jet takes off for the Iron Blade exercise. (Photo: PAF) Following its participation in the “Pitch Black” Exercise in Australia, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) continued to hone the skills of its pilots as it teamed up with the United States Pacific Air...
President Mracos has once again reorganized the government's Task Force on Zero Hunger (TFZH) to include more members, promoting his administration's whole-of-government approach to address the issue. File photos Based on Executive Order (EO) no. 66 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin on...
The Takanami-class destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the multi-role guided missile frigate BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) of the Philippine Navy (PN) hold a bilateral maritime cooperative activity in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Aug. 2, 2024. (Photo:...
A Philippine Navy (PN) personnel aboard BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) observes Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) during the first Philippines-Japan maritime cooperative activity in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Aug. 2, 2024. (Photo: AFP) Following the joint sail...