A new law prescribing fixed terms for the Chief of Staff and senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will cap the key legacies of Senator Panfilo "Ping" M. Lacson to the military and defense establishment. Lacson, chairman of the Senate national defense and security committee,...
Presumptive vice president, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte has accepted the offer of presumptive president Bongbong Marcos to take over the helm of the Department of Education (DepEd) in the latter's incoming administration. Presumptive vice president, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/...
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 Department of National Defense (DND) vowed Saturday, May 7, to do its part in keeping the national and local elections on Monday, May 9, as orderly, honest, and peaceful as possible. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (Photo courtesy of Department of National Defense) DND Secretary Delfin...
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) celebrated the culmination of this year’s Ramadan – also called Eid al-Fitr – with Filipino Muslims on Monday, May 1, with a message of hope that love, reconciliation, and social healing eventually prevail especially with the coming elections. A group...
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...
The proposed legislation which seeks to provide a fixed term for key officers of the Armed forces of the Philippines (AFP) will likely be enacted into law by President Duterte before he leaves his office in June, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. Lt. Gen. Romeo...
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...
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),...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana condemned the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), for its atrocities to the Filipino people as it marks its 53rd founding anniversary on Tuesday, March 29. (File photo / MANILA...
