Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. has raised concerns on the implementation of a new law which gives senior military officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) a fixed tour-of-duty, saying some of its provisions could pose a problem that may lead to...
In an apparent show of solidarity, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. chaired Thursday, Jan. 12, the first ever command conference of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) this year following a week of controversies and change in leadership in the two...
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri on Wednesday, January 11 said the Upper House is determined to pass a bill limiting the coverage of the three-year fixed term in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the first quarter of 2023. Interviewed at the ‘’Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum,’’...
There is nothing irregular with the abrupt change in the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) as President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. only exercised his prerogative. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. swears in General Andres Centino as the new chief of staff of the Armed Forces...
Malacañang has asserted that resigned Department of National Defense (DND) officer in charge Jose Faustino Jr. knew of the sudden change in the leadership of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. swears in General Andres Centino as the new chief of...
General Andres Centino made his first major task as returning Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff on Tuesday, Jan. 10, when he met Turkish Ambassadori Niyazi Eyren Akyol. Gen. Andres Centino (right), Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), welcomes Turkish...
Resigned Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, finally broke his silence on the issues surrounding the agency and revealed that he quit from the post because of the sudden change in the leadership at the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)....
Birth pains. A period of adjustment. This was how Senator Imee Marcos described the current "confusion" at the military establishment on the return of General Andres Centino as the country’s Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff under a three-year hold over position based a law...
The Department of National Defense (DND) welcomed on Monday, Jan. 9, the appointment of retired military general Carlito Galvez Jr. as its new head. President Marcos shakes hand with incoming Defense Sec. Carlito Galvez after the latter accepted the President's offer for the position (Photo...
Former Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Monday, January 9 said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is generally composed of professional officers and men whose loyalty to the flag and the Constitution is above and beyond their individual preferences. Lacson, former chairman of the Senate national...
The Philippine National Police (PNP) has started an investigation to determine how an internal memorandum order reportedly signed by a ranking officer from the Cordillera Administrative Region Police Regional Office (PRO-COR) circulated on social media and sparked an alleged destabilization plot in...
Major services of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Sunday, Jan. 8, threw support to Gen. Andres Centino a day after he was re-appointed as the AFP Chief of Staff and rumor of an alleged destabilization plot triggered security concerns at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. Gen. Andres...
