Sep 17, 2022 | In the trenches, Opinion
A year before Rodrigo Duterte stepped down from power, there were some questionable deals on which the Department of National Defense had wasted so much precious resources.There were acquisitions that were decided politically and the end users were not asked if the...
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...
