An F-16 fighter jet from the 2024 US-Philippine joint military exercises at Basa Air Base, Pampanga. — PHILIPPINE STAR/WALTER BOLLOZOS THE Philippines’ Department of National Defense (DND) is pushing ...
Sen. Loren Legarda during one of the Senate proceedings. MANILA, Philippines – Sen. Loren Legarda, the first woman to chair the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, ...
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Financing freedom, defending sovereignty

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 ...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. poses with senior officers and distinguished guests in front of the BRP Rajah Sulayman (PS-20) on Tuesday at the Naval ...