Aug 2, 2021 | In the trenches
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin got what he wanted on his first high-profile visit to the Philippines last week. President Rodrigo Duterte took back the letter he had sent to the United States, expressing his intention to abrogate the two-decade-old...
Oct 29, 2020 | In the trenches, Opinion
The defense and military establishments are engaged in vicious and intensified psychological operations against the government’s main enemy — the communist rebel movement. They sought to demonize the Marxist-Leninist-Maoist ideology, long abandoned by communist states...
Mar 27, 2020 | Top Stories
The heads of the defense and military establishments — tasked to lead the war against Covid-19 — have been sidelined by virus. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Gen. Filemon Santos tested positive for coronavirus disease on Thursday...
Oct 7, 2019 | Top Stories
The purchase of the Israeli-developed twin-engine jet was made through the US Foreign Military Sales program. The Department of National Defense is set to acquire a P2-billion aircraft from the US for “command and control” as well as for the transport of...
