Tag: #AFP Modernization
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Robredo lauds Trillanes’ 'Bantay ng Bayan' role in anti-corruption drive
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo threw her full support for former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, who is running under her ticket, calling him “bantay ng bayan (nation’s watchman)” and “kakampi (ally)” who will push for the same anti-corruption reforms that are the core of her campaign.
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Lacson bucks DND bid to convert ₱35-B AFP modernization budget as 'lump sum fund'
Senator Panfilo Lacson has questioned the proposal of the Department of National Defense (DND) to transfer some P35 billion from the budget of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to an appropriation whose release will depend on the President.
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Senate urged to hear C-130 crash as soon as regular session resumes
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, July 8 urged the Senate to include the investigation into the C-130 plane crash that killed more than 50 persons—mostly soldiers—in its priority legislative agenda when Congress resumes sessions on July 26.
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Zubiri presses for AFP modernization after Sulu C-130 crash
Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Tuesday, July 6, underscored the importance of modernizing the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), as well as extensively training its personnel, in preventing accidents like the recent plane crash in Sulu.
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PH procurement of 6 naval vessels from Aussie firm still 'under negotiations' — Australian envoy
Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Steven Robinson AO on Thursday confirmed that negotiations are still ongoing between the Department of National Defense and Austal, a world-renown Australian defense contractor and shipbuilder, for the procurement of AUS$600 million worth of six naval offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).