MANILA – With Republic Act 11709 officially a law, only the best officers in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) can assume the highest posts in the military, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday.
The United States (US) has committed to stand with the Philippines in its territorial and maritime disputes in the South China Sea or West Philippine Sea, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has assured the public of “very peaceful elections” on Monday, May 9.
MANILA – The Philippines has made steady progress this year in the upgrade of military equipment and skills of the personnel tasked to operate it, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Friday.
“China has no right to make our own people feel threatened or unsafe in our own seas.”
The Senate lost four days on its schedule for passing the P5-trillion budget for 2022 due to the Covid-19 scare after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana tested positive for the disease, according to Senate President Tito Sotto.
MANILA – The decision of senators to cut a significant portion of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict’s (NTF-ELCAC) proposed budget for the Barangay Development Project (BDP) for 2022 shows their lack of appreciation of the hardships being experienced by those living in remote communities.
Asked by Senator Nancy Binay during a Senate budget hearing, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) only had a P120 million budget for its support program for the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
The Philippines will get six more months to review the advantages and disadvantages of having a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the United States, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday night.
MANILA – The Philippines has acquired Turkish Aerospace Industries T129B “ATAK” helicopters for its attack helicopter program, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday.
