‘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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AFP adds 32 Black Hawks into its fleet
The Philippines will buy 32 new Black Hawk helicopters for more than $620 million, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Sunday, ...
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As PH buys $375-million missile system
China’s claims on the South China Sea are “stunning in their outright falsity,” former Ambassador and Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert ...
Read more6,800 soldiers now deployed in five regions
Over 6,800 military personnel have been deployed in several provinces devastated by Typhoon Odette to help bring relief goods and ...
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Resolving the overlapping claims in the Ayungin Shoal
"EEZ is different from SEZ." To resolve the overlapping claims over some of the islands in the South China Sea ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.