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AFP in 2025: Reduced threats, enhanced capabilities, deeper alliances

Manila, Dec. 30 -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday announced that it had achieved significant gains in internal security, counterterrorism, disaster response, capability developme... Read More


NTF-ELCAC exec to CPP, allied groups: Admit failure and defeat

Manila, Dec. 29 -- Despite its decades-long existence, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), together with its allied groups, has failed in its mission to establish a communist state in the Ph... Read More


Additional Black Hawks highlight PAF upgrade in 2025

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The Philippine Air Force (PAF) spent 2025 quietly building up its capabilities to protect the country's vast aerial domains, as well as its capacity to conduct disaster relief missi... Read More


NTF-ELCAC defends 'Talaingod 13' conviction against leftist attacks

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Monday defended Indigenous Peoples (IP) leaders in Talaingod, Davao del Norte amid criticisms in connect... Read More


AFP: 2.5-B US aid to boost PH defense, security posture

Manila, Dec. 29 -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Monday welcomed the United States Senate's approval of a bill authorizing the allocation of a USD2.5-billion five-year grant to the Phil... Read More


PH troops manning WPS features get Noche Buena packages

Manila, Dec. 26 -- Filipino soldiers manning vital West Philippine Sea (WPS) features received traditional Noche Buena (Christmas Eve feast) packages and other essential supplies during a "critical su... Read More


Reinforcing PH Navy's missile capabilities amid WPS tensions

Manila, Dec. 26 -- With the commissioning of the two Miguel Malvar-class guided-missile frigates this year, the Philippine Navy (PN) has effectively reinforced its missile capability - a significant u... Read More


CPP struggling to find existential relevance - NTF-ELCAC

Manila, Dec. 26 -- The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army (CPP-NPA) is hard pressed to find "existential relevance" as it has failed to deliver on its promises to its followers, the ... Read More


DND, attached agencies on alert for yuletide holidays

Manila, Dec. 24 -- As the country celebrates the yuletide season, Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Wednesday announced that the DND and all its attached agencies and bu... Read More


P15-M illegal drugs seized, 55 drug suspects nabbed in PDEA ops

Manila, Dec. 24 -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) said on Wednesday it has seized illegal drugs with an estimated street value of PHP15.16 million and arrested 55 individuals in its wee... Read More