Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:06:16 +0000
The Philippine Air Force’s technical working group (TWG) has identified the combat utility and attack helicopters that have met its requirements to fulfill its capability demands.
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Read moreCredit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 07 Dec 2018 07:20:06 +0000
Air Force chief Lt. Gen. Galileo Gerard Kintanar Jr. would be offered a new position at the military headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said.
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Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2018 23:25:03 +0000
Duterte weighing pros and cons on ML extension–Palace President Rodrigo Duterte is still evaluating the recommendations of the military and the police to extend martial law in Mindanao, which is set to expire on December 31. Malacañang on Thursday said the final decision remained in the hands of Congress, and that the executive branch would […]
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Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday denied that his department’s record-keeping was flawed following the sudden disappearance of the amnesty records of more than 200 mutineers, including Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV.
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Read moreSen. Antonio Trillanes 4th will remain free if the court will not issue a warrant for his arrest, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Wednesday. “No warrant, no arrest,” Lorenzana told reporters in a text message. The embattled senator failed to secure a temporary restraining order from the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The high […]
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Read moreTHE Philippine Navy will hold its first ever official port visit to Russia, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. However, no date has been set but a military source said Lorenzana would fly to Russia next week to discuss with his counterpart the trip to Vladivostok City located near the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Lorenzana said […]
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Read moreDEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana joined the growing number of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Cabinet secretaries who expressed reservations about the Philippines shift to a federal form of government, saying that the country was “not ready.” “We are not yet ready because we need maybe more education to the people for them to understand what [federalism]is for,” […]
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Read moreDESPITE the atrocities the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has committed and the government’s policy not to negotiate with terrorists, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana backed President Rodrigo Duterte’s call to hold peace talks with the bandit group but on a “limited” level. “Yes, I do [support the peace talks]. If we have peace talks with the […]
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Read moreAFTER calling an international arbitral ruling favoring the Philippines over China in the disputed territories an “empty victory,” Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana had a change of heart and apologized to two members of the delegation that presented the country’s position at The Hague in The Netherlands in 2016. Lorenzana addressed his “sincere apology” to former […]
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Read moreDEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday lashed out at exiled Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison for branding the idea of localized peace talks a “waste” of government funds and said he should be ignored like a “barking dog.” “I consider Sison’s rejection and rant as just a noisy distraction, […]
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