Senatorial candidate and current House Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has vowed to firmly push for vigorous government support for training and education on national defense and security that will complement the patriotic fervor already embedded in every Filipino, especially military personnel....
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) warned all political aspirants against the use of goons and private armies during the May 2022 elections. In a briefing on Thursday, April 7, DILG Secretary Eduardo Año said the police and the military have joined forces to thwart any...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expressed confidence Wednesday, April 6, that communist insurgency will be greatly weakened, if not totally eradicated, before President Duterte‘s last day in office in June as more rebels continue to surrender to the military. (File photo / MANILA...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has committed to forge stronger collaboration with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to maintain peace and order in Western Mindanao. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant, Admiral Artemio Abu (left) pays a courtesy visit to Lt. Gen. Alfredo Rosario Jr.,...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has received P3.95 million worth of financial assistance, ambulance bikes, Covid-19 vaccines and other equipment from the MVP Group of Companies in a ceremony held at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Monday, April 4. General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff...
General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has renewed the country’s commitment to work with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in ensuring the peace and security in the region. General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of...
General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has cited the huge improvement of the Special Operations Command (SOCOM) in helping the military perform its task to serve the people and secure the nation. General Andres Centino (left), Chief of Staff of the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) acquired a Short Brothers & Harland SD3-30 transport aircraft which was donated by a mining company on Friday, April 1. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) receives a Short Sherpa cargo plane donated by Semirara Mining and Power Corporation in a...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) have coordinated with the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) to help evacuate residents in Batangas who were displaced by Taal Volcano’s eruption, officials disclosed on Wednesday, March 30. Lt. Gen. Erickson Gloria, vice...
After being postponed and scaled down in the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the “Balikatan” Exercise was formally launched by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States military at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Monday, March 28. BALIKATAN OPENING -- Gen. Andres...
The leader of the bandit Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has been killed by military forces in an encounter in Sumisip, Basilan on Friday, March 25. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) says Radzmil Jannatul, an Abu Sayyaf Group sub-leader and the successor of the late ASG commander Furuji Indama, has...
Around 8,900 military personnel from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Armed Forces will participate in the Balikatan 2022, the largest-ever iteration of the Philippine-led drills that will take place across Luzon from March 28 to April 8. (Photo courtesy of the US...
