The Department of National Defense (DND) is bringing the values learned from the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) closer to the youth through a sports competition. (L-R) Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente O. Bacarro, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP); Dr. J. Prospero E. De...
The Department of National Defense (DND) has ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to maximize military presence in the West Philippine Sea amid reports of more Chinese activities. In a statement, the DND said it monitored Chinese activities close to Pag-asa Island, one of the islands...
House Bill (HB) No.6687--which according to critics is legislation seeking the return of mandatory inclusion in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program--has been approved on third and final reading in the lower chamber. (PPAB) The bill, which is officially titled "An Act Instituting a...
The Department of National Defense (DND) expressed “great concern” on the reported massive presence of Chinese maritime militia vessels in Iroquois Reef and Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Chinese maritine militia vessels are monitored in Sabina Shoal in this satellite image...
The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022, a slew of key presidential appointments just before Congress adjourns for the Christmas break. It was a particularly emotional confirmation that Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Ernesto Ferdinand P. Maceda went...
Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. has expressed support to a trilateral security cooperation between Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) which is seen to help maintain peace in the Indo-Pacific region. Australian Amb. Hae Kyong Yu (left)...
The bill seeking to revive the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program is now a go, and will be applicable to all genders, both male and female, Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa said on Tuesday, November 29. Dela Rosa disclosed this after the Senate Subcommittee on Higher,...
The bilateral relations of the Philippines and United States is stronger now more than ever, according to the two countries’ defense chiefs. (L-R) United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III and Senior Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr., officer in charge of the Department of National...
Authorities are investigating the reported explosions heard on Zamora (Subi) Reef near Pagasa (Thitu) Island in Palawan moments after a China Coast Guard (CCG) seized a suspected Chinese rocket debris from the Philippine Navy (PN). DND OIC Jose Faustino Jr. (File photo by DND) Senior Undersecretary...
The Department of National Defense reiterated on Wednesday, Nov. 16, its commitment to empower Indigenous Peoples (IP) to hasten the eradication of insurgency, which has long affected the development and economic growth especially in the countryside. Photo by DND The DND participated in the...
The Philippines and United States are planning to build five facilities across Luzon to improve both countries’ joint trainings and disaster response capabilities under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). DND OIC Jose Faustino Jr. (File photo by DND) Department of National Defense...
Japanese military personnel will be able to conduct exercises in the Philippines if a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) being pushed in the Senate materializes. Filipino, American, and Japanese marines kick off this year's iteration of the KAMANDAG exercise at the Philipine Marine Corps headquarters...
