DND scraps P12.7-b chopper purchase
The Department of National Defense (DND) has disclosed it is formally cancelling the multibillion-peso contract for the purchase of 16 ...
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Tough act to follow
"With a new defense team under Secretary Jose Faustino Jr, we hope that he will reinvigorate the programs started by ...
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PH to keep fixing BRP Sierra Madre
China cannot stop the Philippines from fixing parts of the BRP Sierra Madre, the dilapidated Philippine Navy ship at the ...
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Lorenzana faints in Luneta rites; calls on PH to back new leaders
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana was in stable condition after fainting during the Independence Day celebration at the Rizal Park in ...
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‘Best AFP officers for highest posts’
With Republic Act 11709 officially a law, only the best officers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) can ...
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Security, defense, military gadgets galore at ‘22 ADAS
The nd Security, Crisis & Disaster Management Exhibition and Conference, opened at the World Trade Center in Pasay City, Philippines ...
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Bilateral defense talks
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana of the Philippines troops the line prior to the start of bilateral talks with his Japanese ...
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On NPA’s 53rd anniversary today, CPP orders strike on ‘weak points’
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP-CC) on Monday ordered the New People’s Army (NPA) to ...
Read moreChinese government donates to PH military
China has turned over military equipment worth 130 million Chinese renminbi (more than P1 billion) that it donated to the ...
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Missile pact
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (left) chats with Indian Ambassador to the Philippines Shambhu Kumaran after the ceremonial contract signing for ...
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