THE Philippines’ Department of National Defense (DND) is pushing to remove restrictions on both foreign and local financing for defense acquisitions and to scrap the 15-year timeline governing the ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday commissioned two new vessels in Subic, Zambales, ...
MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda, the first woman to chair the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, convened a hearing on February 24 ...
THE Senate on Tuesday began deliberations on measures aimed at strengthening and modernizing the country’s defense ...
The Philippine Navy ship BRP Davao Del Sur takes part in the KAMANDAG 3 naval exercise along with assault amphibious vehicles from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. Marines, in Manila ...
FOR decades, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) survived on a year-to-year allowance while potential adversaries planned in decades. Fighter jets were debated, not bought. Submarines were ...