Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 09:36:38 +0000
Some members of the Cabinet led by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana trooped to Sulu on Thursday to throw support behind the historic plebiscite of the Bangsamoro Organic Law.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 05:51:32 +0000
The government can take over the shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Corp. Philippines which has declared bankruptc.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:41:53 +0000
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday dismissed reports that former Philippine Coconut Authority chief Avelino “Billy” Andal was appointed to lead the backchannel talks with Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Maria Sison.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:41:53 +0000
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday dismissed reports that former Philippine Coconut Authority chief Avelino “Billy” Andal was appointed to lead the backchannel talks with Communist Party of the Philippines founding chairman Jose Maria Sison.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 23:21:30 +0000
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday said holding a peaceful plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) and helping establish a new autonomous Muslim region after it is approved would be among his department’s biggest challenges this year.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:38:40 +0000
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday admitted that it was impossible to end the communist insurgency this year despite plans by the Armed Forces of the Philippines. “We cannot do it (end insurgency) this year because that is a big problem,” Lorenzana said on the sidelines of Tuesday’s joint Department of National Defense-AFP new year’s […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:59:38 +0000
THE West Philippine Sea or the South China Sea and terrorism are the challenges facing the Department of National Defense (DND) in 2019, its Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday….READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 09:00:09 +0000
THE problem of insurgency in the country may be solved in three years, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday. Lorenzana’s deadline contradicts the one-year, which Armed Forces Chief Benjamin…READ
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Read moreCredit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 08:33:52 +0000
ABOUT 10,000 soldiers were deployed in Cotabato City to secure the upcoming plebiscite of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) on January 21, with Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and the Armed…READ
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2018 09:26:31 +0000
MANILA, Philippines —More than 8,000 communist rebels have surrendered since the government carried out localized peace talks, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Friday.
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