THE Philippines’ Department of National Defense (DND) is pushing to remove restrictions on both foreign and local financing for defense acquisitions and to scrap the 15-year timeline governing the ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) further strengthened its capability to secure the country’s vast archipelagic waters, coastlines, and economic zones with the commissioning here on Tuesday, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday commissioned two new vessels in Subic, Zambales, ...

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda, the first woman to chair the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, convened a hearing on February 24 ...

SENATOR Win Gatchalian urged the Department of National Defense (DND) to leverage a provision in the General Appropriations Act (GAA) that allows government borrowing to accelerate the AFP ...

FOR decades, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) survived on a year-to-year allowance while potential adversaries ...

[FILE] U.S. Marines carry a drone as they prepare for a live-fire joint Philippines and U.S. military exercise at the Philippine Navy training camp in San Antonio, Zambales province, northern ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday said it supports any initiative that would enhance its defensive capabilities and interoperability as it proceeds with its modernization program.