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Balikatan 2025 to showcase major missile systems
by Michael Punongbayan - March 29, 2025 - 12:00am
The United States military will be deploying its Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System or NMESIS anti-ship missile system for next month’s Balikatan exercises, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth...
Philippine Navy vessel launched in South Korea
by Michael Punongbayan - March 28, 2025 - 12:00am
Two brand-new 3,200-ton warships made in South Korea for the Philippine Navy are expected to be delivered to the country next month.
Grounded PAF fighter jets may fly anew this week
by Michael Punongbayan - March 26, 2025 - 12:00am
Three weeks after the crash of one of the military’s fighter jets in Bukidnon that killed two pilots, the Philippine Air Force is looking at lifting the grounding of the PAF’s remaining 11 FA-50 air...
AFP welcomes another Typhon missile from US
by Michael Punongbayan - March 26, 2025 - 12:00am
The United States is preparing to deploy another Typhon Mid-Range Capability missile system in the Philippines, military spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla said yesterday.
DFA: Married women can use maiden name in passport
by Michael Punongbayan - March 23, 2025 - 12:00am
Married Filipinas who wish to use their maiden name in their passports may now do so under the New Philippine Passport Law or Republic Act 11983.
US defense chief visiting Philippines to advance security goals
by Michael Punongbayan - March 23, 2025 - 12:00am
United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to visit the Philippines on March 28-29, the first stop in his first trip to Asia, for talks that will include increasing deterrence against Chinese aggression...
Gibo: DND, AFP had no role in Duterte arrest
by Michael Punongbayan - March 22, 2025 - 12:00am
The Department of National Defense (DND) and the military had nothing to do with the arrest of former president Rodrigo Duterte, Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro Jr. maintained yesterday.
Philippines partners with allies vs 2025 election cyber threats
by Michael Punongbayan - March 16, 2025 - 12:00am
Amid rising cyber threats, including potential interference from China, the Philippines is strengthening its cybersecurity cooperation with Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and Malaysia ahead of the May 2025 midterm...
G7 ministers hit China coercive actions at sea
by Michael Punongbayan - March 16, 2025 - 12:00am
The seven most powerful democracies in the world collectively called the Group of Seven and the 27-member European Union have again slammed China for its “illicit, provocative, coercive and dangerous actions”...
What lies ahead for Duterte at ICC?
by Michael Punongbayan - March 15, 2025 - 12:00am
Two days after he was placed under custody, former president Rodrigo Duterte was scheduled to appear for the first time yesterday before judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Former ‘tokhang’ cop denied Canadian residency
by Michael Punongbayan - March 15, 2025 - 12:00am
For allegedly being “complicit in the crimes committed by Philippine state authorities” during the implementation of former president Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs almost nine years ago, a former...
Crashed fighter jet’s ammunition detonated
by Michael Punongbayan - March 12, 2025 - 12:00am
The military has subjected to controlled detonation the unused ammunition, explosives and certain parts of the FA-50 fighter jet that crashed in Bukidnon.
AFP to China: Philippines is no one’s pawn
by Michael Punongbayan - March 12, 2025 - 12:00am
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) lashed back at China yesterday following Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s recent statements that the Philippines’ actions in the South China Sea are mere theater...
Distinguished Aviation Cross awarded to fallen PAF pilots
by Michael Punongbayan - March 9, 2025 - 12:00am
As their remains arrived at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City yesterday afternoon, the two Philippine Air Force pilots who died in the crash of their FA-50 fighter jet in Bukidnon last week were posthumously awarded...
DFA hails Philippines exit from FATF gray list
by Michael Punongbayan - March 8, 2025 - 12:00am
The Department of Foreign Affairs yesterday hailed the removal of the Philippines from the gray list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a top international money laundering and terrorism-financing watch...
Fighter jet pilots’ remains flown to Manila today
by Michael Punongbayan - March 8, 2025 - 12:00am
The remains of the two pilots of a fighter jet that crashed on a mountain in Bukidnon on Wednesday are expected to be flown to Manila today.
United Kingdom foreign minister in Manila to strengthen partnership
by Michael Punongbayan - March 8, 2025 - 12:00am
United Kingdom Foreign Affairs Secretary David Lammy is scheduled to arrive in the country today for an official visit and high-level meetings with President Marcos and other Philippine officials.
Fighter jet wreckage found; 2 pilots dead
by Michael Punongbayan - March 6, 2025 - 12:00am
After hours of full-scale search and recovery operations for its missing FA-50 fighter jet, the Philippine Air Force’s worst fears were realized.
PAF fighter jet with 2 pilots goes missing
by Michael Punongbayan - March 5, 2025 - 12:00am
Search and possible recovery operations are underway after one of the FA-50 fighter jets of the Philippine Air Force went missing while on mission shortly after midnight yesterday.
How China firms almost gained foothold in Subic
by Michael Punongbayan - March 2, 2025 - 12:00am
At least two giant Chinese firms almost took control of the former Hanjin Shipyard in Subic Bay in 2017 had it not been for the Duterte administration’s discreet maneuvering to have a US-based company co-founded...
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