Brig. Gen. Rommel Cordova (second from right), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, attends the first-ever Philippines-United States-Japan-Australia Joint Service Staff Talks in Tokyo, Japan from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1, 2023. With him are (L-R) Air...
A South Korean shipbuilding company has started the manufacture of two missile corvettes that were procured by the government for the Philippine Navy as part of the modernization program for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Vice Admiral Toribio Adaci Jr., together with HD HHI Senior...
The resumption of the peace negotiations by the government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) offers an “acceptable closure” for both parties after decades of fighting, National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Ano said on Tuesday,...
(File photo) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will not declare a ceasefire with rebel and insurgent groups despite the grant of amnesty to them by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. This was the clarification made by AFP spokesperson Col. Medel Aguilar on Tuesday, Nov. 28, as he said the...
Two Chinese fighter aircraft appear as small, black dots while they orbit above the flight route of a PAF Super Tucano A-29B aircraft during an aerial patrol over the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 26, 2023. (Courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Philippine government is expected to lodge...
BRP Davao del Sur (center) and BRP Gregorio del Pilar (back) hold a maritime cooperative activity with Australia's HMAS Toowoomba in the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 25, 2023. (Photo by Australian Defence Force) The joint patrol by the Philippines and Australia in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) not...
The Philippine Air Force (PAF) deploys FA-50PH light combat aircraft during the launching of a joint maritime and aerial patrol by the Armed Forces of the Philippines and US Indo-Pacific Command in the West Philippine Sea on Nov. 21, 2023. (Photo by AFP) The joint maritime and aerial patrol...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte (Malacañang photo) Spare the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) from political intrigues. House Majority Leader Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep Manuel Jose Dalipe issued...
AFP Chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. delivers a speech during the donning of ranks of newly promoted officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo by AFP) Six senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) were promoted to the...
Military and police personnel from the Northern Luzon Command (NOLCOM) and Police Regional Office in Cordillera (PRO-COR) pose for a photo during the launching of a joint exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and Philippine National Police (PNP) in La Trinidad, Benguet on Nov. 10,...
Filipino and Chinese vessels engaged in a heated confrontation anew during another resupply mission in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Friday, Nov. 10, with the hostilities reaching its climax when a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship deployed a water cannon against a much...
China has warned the Philippines to take its words "seriously," particularly with regard to issues on the South China Sea, as it vowed to do "what is necessary" to protect its interest in the waters. The Chinese Foreign Ministry made the pronouncement on Monday night as the Philippines' Armed...
