One of the important principles in strategic management is the stability of policy making — and the tenure of the leader is a key factor in ensuring such stability. For this reason, Congress has crafted a path-finding measure, Republic Act 11709, signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte last...
A few weeks before a new administration comes in in June, the Philippine government entered into a new agreement with Pakistan to formally establish a defense cooperation between the two Asian countries, the Department of National Defense (DND) confirmed Saturday, May 7. Department of National...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) boosted its aerial capabilities after it received Thursday, May 5, a Beechcraft Hawker aircraft which was donated by the San Miguel Corporation (SMC). The Beechcraft Corporation Hawker 800XP aircraft (Courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) Department...
The Asian Defense & Security (ADAS) 2022, which is the 4th Asian Defense and Security, Crisis & Disaster Management Exhibition and Conference, opened at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, Philippines recently, drawing delegates from military organizations, dignitaries, government...
The Department of National Defense (DND) commemorated Labor Day on Sunday, May 1, with renewed hopes that all Filipinos will have an equitable access to dignified work as there remains an “imbalance of opportunities” for some. (Courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) DND Secretary Delfin...
Austal, an Australian shipbuilding company and defense primer contractor, is still keen to work with the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) procurement program of the Department of National Defense (DND) for the Philippine Navy (PN). Dave Shiner, regional director of Austal Asia. (Photo by MARTIN...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) further boosted its air defense capabilities as it inaugurated a new simulator training center on Tuesday, April 26. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (left) attends the ceremonial acceptance, turn-over, and blessing of the...
The Department of National Defense (DND) is hoping to get adequate funding from the incoming administration for the continuation of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) revised modernization program. Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana speaks to the media during...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Australian Defense Force (ADF) commemorated Monday, April 25, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) Day in honor of the soldiers and other heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice during the World War I. Members of the Armed Forces of the...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana challenged the United States government on Good Friday, April 15, to provide the details of the reports of human rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by state security forces in the Philippines. Lt. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner Jr. (right),...
The Philippines and Japan held the inaugural Japan-Philippines Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting or "2+2," which both sides described as a "fitting next step to lay the foundations for the second decade of the bilateral Strategic Partnership." Photos from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of...
The Philippines and Japan are expected to reaffirm their decades-long strategic partnership during the inaugural Foreign and Defense Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo on April 9. DFA (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) The inaugural meet, which is also dubbed 2+2, was agreed by President Duterte and Japanese...
