(L-R) Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) Retreat in Penang, Malaysia on Feb. 26, 2025. (Photo: DND) The Philippines has taken...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (sixth from right) tells his counterparts from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and Timor Leste to unite in addressing security challenges confronting the Indo-Pacific region at...
(L-R) Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Gen and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. hold a bilateral meeting in Makati City on Feb. 24, 2025. (Photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) (UPDATED STORY) The Philippines and Japan committed to bring their...
(L-R) Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Gen and DND Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. visits key military facilities at Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga on Feb. 23, 2025. (Photo: DND) The top defense officials of the Philippines and Japan examined various military facilities in Luzon on Sunday,...
(Courtesy of Department of National Defense) In a rare moment of poetic display, Ambassador Franz-Michael Mellbin of the Kingdom of Denmark penned a heartfelt haiku about the Philippines’ perseverance to protect its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), capturing the heart of...
Outgoing Kingdom of Thailand Ambassador to the Philippines Tull Traisorat (left) pays a farewell call on Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo: DND) Thailand is capable of supplying ships, unmanned aerial vehicles...
DND Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (sixth from right) and AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. (middle) lead the DND-AFP joint New Year's Call at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Jan. 3, 2025 to realign their goals for this year. The event was attended by officials from the DND and General Headquarters...
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo) If it were only up to Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., the national government will have no truce with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), its armed wing, the National People’s Army (NPA), and...
Pres. Marcos Jr. (middle) confers the Gawad Kalasag Seal to John Niño Suarez and Emer Jhune Donaire 24 th Gawad Kalasag National Awarding Ceremony at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City on Dec. 13, 2024. The two students were honored for their bravery in saving a...
A view of the explosive eruption of Kanlaon Volcano on Dec. 9, 2024. (Courtesy of Office of Civil Defense) Kanlaon Volcano’s explosive eruption caught residents in Negros Island by surprise as the ground suddenly shook violently, the roads became so hot that steam came out from them, then came...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (left) interacts with Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Endo Kazuya (middle) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Sec. Affairs Enrique A. Manalo (right) during the signing of JPY 1.6 billion worth of security...
Once the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) between Japan and the Philippine government gets the concurrence of the Senate, it would then pave the way for joint military exercises. Sec. Gilbert Teodoro of the Department of National Defense deems it necessary to enter into an agreement with...
