The Police Regional Office-3 led by Police Brig. Gen. Jean S. Fajardo thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for signing Republic Act No. 12177 or the Free Legal Assistance for Military and Uniformed Personnel Act on April 15. Fajardo said the law will protect lawmen facing cases in...
President Marcos has signed a law that provides free legal assistance to military and uniformed personnel facing any charge from incidents related to their performance of duty. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. recently visited the 4th Infantry Division at the Camp Edilberto Evangelista in...
(Photo: Philippine Military Academy) Young cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) went out of their learning base at Fort Del Pilar in Baguio City recently to immerse themselves and train at Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), where tense confrontations between Philippine and...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2025 and "Salaknib" exercises between the Philippines and the United States (US) shouldn't be viewed as an action against anybody in particular, House...
Philippine Army chief Lt. Gen. Roy M. Galido (left) and General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, engage in a bilateral meeting at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters in Hanoi. Galido visited Vietnam from April 7 to 10, 2025 for a series of activities...
The Philippines and Australia will increase their joint military exercises this year by twice as much as last year. Australia's defense government, in an advisory dated April 7, said the move is aimed at strengthening cooperation and broadening interoperability between troops of both...
This photograph, released by Taiwan Ministry of National Defense, and taken from a Taiwan Air Force P-3C Orion anti-submarine aircraft, shows a Chinese Cloud Shadow WZ-10 drone near Taiwan, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Taiwan Ministry of National Defense via AP) TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The...
United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrived in the Philippines on Thursday night, March 27, and is set to meet with President Marcos and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives in the Philippines for a two-day working visit. (Photo from Amb....
No country must interfere with the Philippines' decisions in terms of bolstering its military capability as the country is no one's chess piece. PCO Undersecretary Claire Castro (RTVM) This was the Palace's response to China's call to the Philippines to “stop serving as other countries’...
(L-R) Cadet 1st Class Midshipman Jhoco D. Apal and Cadet 1 st Class Aerocadet Joshua Willie J. Ramos (Photo: Philippine Defense and Armed Forces Attaché-Japan) Two cadets from the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) have graduated from Japan’s prestigious National Defense Academy (NDA), marking a...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — An unusually large number of Chinese military ships, planes and drones entered airspace and waters surrounding Taiwan between Sunday and Monday, the self-governing island republic's Defense Ministry said. China said the drills were a response to recent statements and...
Chinese navy troops attending a joint naval drill with Iran and Russia stand on the deck of their warship in an official arrival ceremony at Shahid Beheshti port in Chabahar in the Gulf of Oman, Iran, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — China, Iran and...
