Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (Screenshot via RTVM livestream) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will not use the water cannon equipped to its ships as an offensive weapon against Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG...
AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. (right) takes a photo with soldiers manning BRP Sierra Madre on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Dec. 10, 2023 after a successful resupply mission. The supply boat boarded by Brawner to Ayungin was rammed by a China Coast Guard ship, according to the...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar (File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is hot on the trail of more personalities tagged in a deadly explosion at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City last Dec. 3. Col. Medel Aguilar, AFP...
Jafar Gamo Sultan alias "Jaf/Kurot" (Courtesy of AFP public affairs office) Government troops have arrested a suspect in the deadly bombing at the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) revealed on Friday, Dec. 8. Combined troops of the military's...
Vice President Sara Duterte’s stand against the peace agreement with the communist rebels, including the amnesty and possible release of political prisoners as a sign of goodwill for the negotiations, are shared even by some members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), military chief of...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief, General Romeo Brawner Jr. (sitting, second from left) meets with leaders of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and security officials in Marawi City on Dec. 4, 2023 following a deadly blast at the Mindanao State University on...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is validating information that Islamic State (IS) is responsible for the explosion at a gymnasium inside the Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City which claimed the lives of four people. Col. Xerxes Trinidad, chief of AFP public affairs office,...
Brig. Gen. Rommel Cordova (second from right), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, attends the first-ever Philippines-United States-Japan-Australia Joint Service Staff Talks in Tokyo, Japan from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1, 2023. With him are (L-R) Air...
A South Korean shipbuilding company has started the manufacture of two missile corvettes that were procured by the government for the Philippine Navy as part of the modernization program for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Vice Admiral Toribio Adaci Jr., together with HD HHI Senior...
The resumption of the peace negotiations by the government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) offers an “acceptable closure” for both parties after decades of fighting, National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Ano said on Tuesday,...
(File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will not declare a ceasefire with rebel and insurgent groups despite the grant of amnesty to them by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This was the clarification made by AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar on Tuesday, Nov. 28, as he said the...
Two Chinese fighter aircraft appear as small, black dots while they orbit above the flight route of a PAF Super Tucano A-29B aircraft during an aerial patrol over the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 26, 2023. (Courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Philippine government is expected to lodge...
