Modernization of Navy and Coast Guard
The Department of National Defense is on the right track in prioritizing the modernization of our Navy and Coast Guard ...
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Teodoro asks lawmakers to allow Defense to provide OT, hazard pay
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. is asking lawmakers for a special provision allowing the DND to ...
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DFA: China’s water cannon attack may harm its relations with PH
The Department of Foreign Affairs on Monday said China's recent water cannon attack and continued dangerous maneuvers against Philippine personnel ...
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PA holds forum to boost soldiers’ professionalism
The Philippine Army (PA) through the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans (OG-5), held its 10th Strategic ...
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DILG, DND, DOT seal pact on Mindanao dev’t
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has signed an agreement with two other agencies, the Department of ...
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Who’s minding the store?
"And the privates who have mastered the intricacies of the market are buying high because they sense some ‘good news’ ...
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DND rips China envoy’s EDCA ‘illusion’
The Department of National Defense on Saturday defended the country’s Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with the United States, just as ...
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DND: EDCA sites won’t threaten PH sovereignty
The Department of National Defense insisted Sunday that the proposed four military sites under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) ...
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EDCA does not give US troops unlimited access in PH—DND
The Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States have built-in protocols and does not allow ...
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DND admits PH military capability ‘among weakest’ in Asian region
The military capability of the Philippines is among the weakest in the region, Department of National Defense officer-in-charge Jose Faustino ...
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