Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has vowed to transfer the P3-billion allocation for the Tatag ng Imprastraktura para sa Kapayapaan at Seguridad (TIKAS) Program from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to the Department of National Defense (DND). Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Finance...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. still enjoys the trust and confidence of President Marcos amid accusations that he has dual citizenship, Malacañang said. "Secretary Gibo still enjoys the trust and confidence of the President," Palace Press Officer and...
Hundreds of members of the Association of Reservists and Reservist Administrators of the Philippines (ARRAPI) from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao on Monday expressed support for Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. following a report that he holds a Maltese passport. They slammed the report as...
China has reminded the Philippines and the United States that no military pact between or among countries should harm any third party nor trigger tension in the region. Lin Jian, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, on Monday, Nov. 18, reacted to the signing of Manila and Washington of...
(DND Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. (center) speaks with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. says the country simply wants to create a "credible...
The Philippines and the United States have agreed to soon exchange military information following the visit of Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and US State Secretary Antony Blinken in Manila—two key US officials in Washington's defense posture in the Indo-Pacific region. In a joint statement after...
Isabela 6th district Rep. Faustino “Inno” Dy V (left), Manila 1st district Rep. Ernesto Dionisio (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Ranking solons are demanding for accountability on the alleged wiretapping of a conversation...
Defense chiefs of the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia have slammed China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea, prompting them to line up recent more quadrilateral maritime actions to assert rules-based order in the waters. Department of National Defense (DND)...
Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian said Thursday, Jan. 25, that it must be President Marcos' guidelines in handling the West Philippine Sea row that must be followed and not of any other official. His pronouncement was made in the context of strong positions always made by Defense...
DND Secretary Gibo Teodoro (Facebook) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is mulling the filing of perjury charges against environmental activists Jhed Tamano and Jonila Castro. This was bared Wednesday, Sept. 20 by Negros Occidental 6th district Rep....
The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday, September 13 confirmed the ad interim appointment of Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro as Secretary of the Department of National Defense (DND). Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. faces the Committee on National Defense of the Commission on...
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...
