Malacañang has rejected suggestions that President Marcos’ recent camp visits and military benefit announcements were linked to public calls for the Armed Forces to withdraw support from the administration, insisting these engagements are his duty as Commander-in-Chief and not a reaction to...
A new set of US troops have arrived in the Philippines to train with their Filipino counterpart as Washington continues to bolster its “cooperative relations with important allies and partners” in the region, the US military announced. US marines and sailors are now in the country as part of...
BASCO, Batanes – An Osprey helicopter carrying American soldiers landed at Basco Airport here on Monday, April 10, a day before that start of the biggest “Balikatan” (shoulder-to-shoulder) military exercises between Philippines and the United States on Tuesday, April 11. The provincial...
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Año paid tribute on 307 policemen who died in the performance of duty. During a flag-raising ceremony at Camp Crame in Quezon City, Año said cited the stories of some of them. "The bravery and selfless acts exhibited by the...
The Philippines should contribute troops to Ukraine in order to help the latter fight off its Russian invaders, a former House of Representatives member said. (Mark Balmores/ File photo/ MANILA BULLETIN) According to AP Party-list 1st nominee Ronnie Ong, the Philippines should be one with the...
The Philippine military outpost at Ayungin Shoal won't be abandoned. Malacañang Palace (Photo from PNA) Malacañang, through Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, gave this guarantee Friday, Nov. 19 on the heels of last Tuesday's incident wherein three Chinese Coast Guard vessels blocked two...
WASHINGTON, United States – Australia said Thursday that more US troops will rotate through the island nation and that the allies will cooperate on missile development, the latest joint steps amid shared concerns over a rising China. (From left) Australian Minister of Defense Peter Dutton,...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden and his wife on Thursday visited a Maryland hospital treating troops wounded in Afghanistan, four days after the US military completed its withdrawal from the country. A motorcade waits as US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden visit...
President Duterte urged Congress to pass two new laws that will benefit government troops as he looked back at how he improved the capability of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) to help them carry out their duties to the public. President Duterte...
The Philippines would rather live in peace than fight alongside the United States in any of war or conflict, President Duterte declared in a recent public address. President Rodrigo Duterte (File photo/Malacañang) The President, still bearing a grudge for the past US colonial rule over the...
