A YouTube video uploaded by a channel named “Melvs Castle” falsely claimed that the chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) had threatened to bomb China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels.
The raging conflict in Ukraine might be half the world away from the Philippines but its military already got involved indirectly in the political and diplomatic complications in Eastern Europe.
The administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr is stirring up a hornet’s nest by introducing reforms in the military and uniformed personnels’ pension plan.
The Philippines cannot afford to be the weakest link. It has to prepare for future wars. It has to modernize quickly.
Filipino army soldiers are, for the first time, test firing an FGM 148 Javelin, or an advanced anti-tank weapon system-medium (AAWS-M) man-portable, during this month’s bilateral Army-to-Army conventional exercise, Salaknib, in northern Luzon.