House Deputy Speaker and Cagayan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez on Thursday, July 1, appealed to President Duterte to recall his appointment of Major General Bartolome Bacarro as the new head of the military's Southern Luzon Command (Solcom). Philippine Military Academy (PMA) cadet Darwin...
The Australian government has donated some P2.7 million worth of Information Technology (IT) and multimedia equipment to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). The donation was coursed under the mutually agreed Australia-Philippines Enhanced Defence Cooperation Program. Among the new equipment...
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday urged the Philippines to ensure that justice is served as it expressed deep concern over reports of two children caught in alleged government operations causing their “untimely and unjustifiable deaths”. UNICEF (via Twitter) “Ending...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has received new weapons and defense equipment from the United States military worth P183 million ($3.8 million), it announced on Wednesday, June 23. The Armed Forces of the Philippines receives weapons and defense equipment worth P183 million from the...
American officials who engaged their Filipino counterparts in the negotiation on the retention of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) are “very happy” with the six-month extension given by President Duterte, Philippine Ambassador to Washington, D.C. Jose Manuel Romualdez said Tuesday....
Joint teams from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) seized P258.4 million worth of shabu and arrested a drug pusher on Monday, June 21, in separate drug searches in two condominium units in Malate, Manila....
President Duterte’s national security and foreign policy strategies have violated the Philippine Constitution as they failed to “defend our sovereignty and national territory from foreign threats and invasion,” retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice and opposition coalition 1Sambayan...
While he has always been critical of President Duterte, former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV has agreed with the way he has taken care of the needs of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). President Rodrigo Duterte and former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV (Malacañang/Trillanes Facebook) “Doon...
Makabayan bloc lawmakers on Friday, June 19 called for an independent investigation into the alleged massacre of a 12-year-old girl and two other members of the Lumad-Manobo tribe on Tuesday in Lianga, Surigao del Sur. The 3rd Special Battalion Force of the Philippine Army insisted that the...
Around 19 percent of the 180,000-strong Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) have already been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). A Philippine Army personnel looks away while he is being inoculated with a COVID-19 vaccine at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on June 14, 2021....
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) underscored Wednesday, June 16, the importance of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) as one of the building blocks of the robust relationship between the Philippines and United States. General Cirilito Sobejana, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the...
Gen. Cirilito Sobejana, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has hosted a meeting with Admiral William Merz, commander of the US 7th Fleet, to discuss how to further strengthen the two nations' cooperation on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and military matters....
