The Exercise Balikatan 2023, dubbed as the largest iteration of the joint military exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Armed Forces, officially concluded on Friday, April 28, with an official saying it was a huge success. ( Experts from the United...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has appointed a new set of government officials in several agencies, Malacañang announced. Marcos has named three new officials of Malacañang's public information arm, Presidential Communications Office (PCO), which included a former journalist. The...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Armed Forces declared as successful the conduct of Balikatan combined joint littoral live fire exercise in San Antonio, Zambales on Wednesday, April 26, when it achieved its objective to sink a mock vessel. (BRP Pangasinan as monitored...
The Philippines has an “inherent and invaluable” right to conduct military exercises within its own territory. ( HIMARS rockets are fired during the combined joint littoral live fire exercise of Exercise Balikatan 2023 in San Antonio, Zambales on April 26, 2023. Photo by Noel Pabalate /...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the United States Armed Forces will fire at and sink a decommissioned vessel of the Philippine Navy (PN) in Zambales on Wednesday, April 26, as part of the combined and joint littoral live fire exercise of the ongoing Balikatan drills. (San Antonio,...
The New People’s Army (NPA) units in Western and Central Visayas are now “leaderless” following the death of an alleged high-ranking communist rebel in an armed encounter in Negros Occidental recently, the military said Sunday, April 23. (Rogelio Posadas / Courtesy of Philippine Army 94th...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. treated members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and their families to an evening of memorable performances from the country's best and upcoming artists as he hosted his first 'Konsyerto sa Palasyo' at the Malacañang Palace Grounds on Saturday, April...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) denied on Friday, April 21, that alleged communist leaders and couple Benito and Wilma Tiamzon were imprisoned and tortured before being killed by soldiers in Catbalogan City, Samar last year as the military leadership branded as “propaganda” the claims...
Vice President Sara Duterte on Thursday, April 20, commended law enforcement agencies for the arrest of suspected Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leader Eric Casilao earlier this week in Malaysia. (Photo via Manila Bulletin) In a statement, the official expressed that she was “glad” the...
Philippine Army (PA) and United States Army troops trained together in Pekiti-Tirsia Kali and combat tracking on Tuesday, April 18, as part of this year’s Exercise Balikatan. (A Filipino soldier trains an American troop in Pekiti Tirsia Kali, a Filipino combat training program, at the Scout...
Gen. Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP), went to Cagayan and Isabela provinces on Tuesday, April 18, to inspect three of the four proposed sites for the expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) which are also being used as venues for...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) hailed on Tuesday, April 18, the arrest and eventual deportation of alleged communist leader Eric Casilao in Malaysia. (Photo via MANILA BULLETIN) Col. Medel Aguilar, AFP spokesperson, said Casilao was “behind all the atrocities and crimes” committed by...
