Manila, Aug. 4 -- A US Navy carrier strike group headed by the USS George Washington (CVN-73) took part in the 17th "multilateral maritime cooperative activity" (MMCA) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)... Read More
Manila, Aug. 3 -- No amount of Chinese military exercise can alter the country's legal claim to Bajo de Masinloc (also known as Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Armed Forces of... Read More
Manila, July 31 -- The Department of National Defense (DND) on Friday decried Chinese commentaries questioning the country's right to conduct a security oversight of foreign-linked cultural and academ... Read More
MANILA, July 29 -- A total of 831 New People's Army (NPA) communist insurgents and their supporters were "neutralized" by government forces from Jan. 1 to July 23 this year, the Armed Forces of the Ph... Read More
MANILA, July 29 -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the European Union's (EU) maritime security assistance worth 15 million Euros or around PHP1.05 billion will greatly enhance the count... Read More
Manila, July 26 -- The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), along with its American and Japanese counterparts, completed another round of joint maritime exercises in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a... Read More
Manila, July 24 -- China's harassment actions against Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessels going about their peaceful and lawful missions mission n... Read More
Manila, July 24 -- The Department of National Defense (DND) on Friday joins the rest of the 11-member bloc Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in commemorating the 50th anniversary of the T... Read More
Manila, July 23 -- Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. on Thursday rejected China's claims that its July 20 actions against Filipino naval personnel in Ayungin Shoal in... Read More
Manila, July 23 -- Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said there are plans to acquire "500 plus fighting vehicles" for the military as part of ongoing efforts to enhan... Read More