Military pension plan
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.
Acts of war in the South China Sea
The smaller and weaker Asean cannot do anything. They need the international community to help preserve the status quo and ease tension in the South China Sea.
Another way to modernize the Armed Forces
It’s about time the Philippine military looked into del Rosario’s proposal to modernize the military through lease arrangements. It might be the answer to the country’s problem of a delayed modernization program.
Rumblings in the military
The idea of senior military commanders with a fixed term of tour of duty was an excellent mechanism to insulate the organization from politics. The revolving door policy that started late in the Ramos administration politicized the process.
Some retired military personnel no longer support Duterte – Trillanes
Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV revealed that some retired Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) personnel and Philippine Military Academy (PMA) alumni were tired of and no longer support President Rodrigo Duterte