(Front to back) BRP Gregorio del Pilar, BRP Jose Rizal, and USS Gabriel Gaffords (LCS-10) conduct tactical maneuvers in the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 23, 2023 as part of the Philippines-United Staes Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA). (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) In the coming...
Relief packs from the national government will be ferried by this United States Marine Corps KC-130J Hercules aircraft to the landslide victims in Maco, Davao de Oro on Feb. 12, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) The death toll from the tragic landslide that struck Barangay Masara in...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (below, third from right) visits the northern frontier's maritime defense outpost in Mavulis Island in Itbayat, Batanes on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Department of National Defense (DND) has cautioned...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (below, third from right) visits the northern frontier's maritime defense outpost in Mavulis Island in Itbayat, Batanes on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo) The list of government agencies expressing their firm opposition to a proposal to separate Mindanao from the rest of the country grew even longer as the Department of National Defense (DND) reiterated its commitment to...
(MANILA BULLETIN/ Mark Balmores) The proposed Philippine Self-Reliant Defense Posture Program--one of four remaining bills on the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) list--has been overwhelmingly approved on third and final...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Department of National Defense (DND) has told a House panel that the realigned confidential funds under the proposed national budget of 2024 would have a significant impact on...
The Philippines now needs to bolster its external defense, President Marcos said. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel Pabalate) Speaking at the 67th founding anniversary Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOCOM) on Monday, Nov. 6, Marcos exhorted the Department of National Defense...
For Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, the appointment of Gilbert Teodoro Jr. as chief of the Department of National Defense (DND) once again, came at a very opportune time amid the rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri (Senate PRIB photo)...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. is asking congressmen to insert a special provision in the P5.768-trillion proposed...
DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro (Facebook) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. has sought the House of Representatives' support for the funding of two key infrastructure development projects on Pag-asa Island. This, after...
Philippine flag (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines is far from "war footing" when it comes to the situation in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Thus, said Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. as he...
