Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2019 23:26:55 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte had a change of heart about not buying defense equipment from the United States.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 13:41:49 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out the Department of National Defense (DND) for not utilizing P2.140 million in funds intended for its personnel affected by Supertyphoon Yolanda (internationally known as Haiyan) and the Bohol quake — both of which happened in 2013. According to an audit report dated May 20, […]
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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:44:52 +0000
President Duterte will certify as urgent a bill seeking to reform the pension system for military and other uniformed personnel.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 21:33:23 +0000
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana may recommend the lifting of martial law in Mindanao by July once lawmakers introduce amendments to the country’s antiterrorism law.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:21:30 +0000
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday said holding a peaceful plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) and helping establish a new autonomous Muslim region after it is approved would be among his department’s biggest challenges this year.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:38:40 +0000
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday admitted that it was impossible to end the communist insurgency this year despite plans by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. “We cannot do it (end insurgency) this year because that is a big problem,” Lorenzana said on the sidelines of Tuesday’s joint Department of National Defense-AFP new year’s […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:59:38 +0000
THE West Philippine Sea or the South China Sea and terrorism are the challenges facing the Department of National Defense (DND) in 2019, its Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday….READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:00:09 +0000
THE problem of insurgency in the country may be solved in three years, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday. Lorenzana’s deadline contradicts the one-year, which Armed Forces Chief Benjamin…READ
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 21:36:06 +0000
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Monday said the return of the Balangiga bells to the country after 117 years was a sign of the United States’ “respect” for and commitment to its alliance with the Philippines.
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The Philippine Navy is assessing how to integrate four patrol boats it received from China last week.
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