Department of National Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Courtesy of DND) The Department of National Defense (DND) commemorated on Friday, July 12, the eighth anniversary of the Permanent Court of Arbitration’s (PCA) 2016 ruling, saying that the historic award was more than a piece of...
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. speaks during a press conference in Malacanang on June 24, 2024. (Courtesy of RTVM livestream) The national government is not inclined to publish the schedule of future rotation and resupply (RORE) mission in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, Department of...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. leads the inauguration of BRP Miguel Malvar (FF06) at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea on June 18, 2024. (Courtesy of DND) The Philippine Navy’s (PN) first and newest missile-guided corvette was...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. graces the 126th Philippine Navy anniversary at the Navy's headquarters in Manila on May 24, 2024. (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. directed the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Military uniforms from Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) are discovered by the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission (PAOCC) in a raid at a POGO hub in Porac, Pampanga. (Photo courtesy of PAOCC) Chinese-operated Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGO) businesses and the alleged...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (leftmost) meets with foreign delegates on the sidelines of the 21st International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) in Singapore on May 31, 2024. (Photo by DND) The Philippines is expected to enhance its...
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo by MANILA BULLETIN) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro said he will meet counterparts and senior government officials from other countries to discuss different avenues to lower the tension in the West Philippine Sea...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. graces the 126th Philippine Navy anniversary at the Navy's headquarters in Manila on May 24, 2024. (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. did not mince words when he spoke on Friday,...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo) The Department of National Defense (DND) said that appeals made by certain political personalities for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to withdraw support for President Marcos may get them into trouble....
(L-R) National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo; and US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, and National Security...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. accused China of using the supposed "gentleman's agreement" between former president Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping as a smoke screen to deflect their illegal activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Teodoro,...
(L-R) US Department of Defense Sec. Lloyd J. Austin III and Department of National Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Courtesy of Austin / X account) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. spoke over the phone with United States Department of Defense (DoD)...
