MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda, the first woman to chair the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, ...

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 ...

Yesterday, the forthcoming State Visit of the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK), H.E. Lee Jae Myung, to the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said the military would procure more missile systems, warships and fighter jets to boost the country’s deterrence ...

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported significant security gains in 2025, particularly sustained progress in internal security, counterterrorism, disaster response, capability development ...

FOR decades, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) survived on a year-to-year allowance while potential adversaries planned in decades. Fighter jets were debated, not bought. Submarines were ...