GUEST COLUMNIST On Aug. 17, 2024, the UP Alumni Association (UPAA) celebrated its annual general alumni–faculty homecoming. This event offers an opportunity to renew friendships, network, and reminisce about some of the best years spent on campus. This year's homecoming was a resounding...
The Philippine Army (PA) and United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) test fire the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during the Salaknib Exercise at the Canantong Fire Base in Laur, Nueva Ecija on Aug. 9, 2024. (Photo: PA) Recognizing the complex situation in the West Philippine Sea...
AFP) Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel said the modernization program of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will receive a record-high P50 billion in funding under the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025. “The sum of...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. donates blood during a blood-letting activity on Aug. 17, 2024. The AFP also turned over a P4 million check to a media foundation to help in the recovery efforts for victims of Super Typhoon "Carina". (Photo: AFP) The Armed Forces...
A tragedy struck the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in 2019 when a freshman cadet, Cadet Fourth Class Darwin Dormitorio, died due to hazing, sending a rippling effect on the entire military organization. Half a decade since, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said “strict”...
The University of the Philippines (UP) on Wednesday, Aug. 14, maintained that its cooperation agreement with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) “does not violate academic freedom” and is consistent with its mandate as the country’s premier institution of higher learning. (Image...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) encouraged the remaining communist fighters in the country on Tuesday, Aug. 13, to surrender so that the government can finally focus on a “bigger” challenge – protecting the West Philippine Sea (WPS) from foreign hostile forces. AFP spokesperson Col....
Cessna T-41 and SIAI-Marchetti SF 260 aircraft from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) form the number "77" during a formation flight in celebration of the PAF’s 77th anniversary on July 1, 2024 at the Basa Air Base in Floridablanca, Pampanga. (Photo: PAF) The aerial and maritime patrols being...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Sunday, August 11 renewed his call for the Chinese government to immediately stop its aggression against the Philippines. Estrada made the appeal after the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) accused China’s air force of...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives will increase by more than double the daily subsistence allowance of the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) under the 2025 national...
(Front to back) The BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS16), HMCS Montreal (FFH336), and USS Lake Erie (CG70) with BRP Jose Rizal (FF150) on the lead (not in photo) sail in formation during the multilateral maritime cooperative activity by the Australia, Canada, Philippines, and United States in the West...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla says that the military is willing to augment the 400-member security detail of Vice President Sara Duterte. (File photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expressed...
