Leon: DND calls for mandatory evacuation in high risk areas

Priam Nepomuceno and Stephanie Sevillano - Philippine News Agency 10/29/2024

MANILA – Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., also the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council chair, called for the immediate implementation of forced and mandatory evacuations in areas identified as high risk due…

Galvez assures lawmakers: Mandatory ROTC can be implemented

Dexter Cabalza 01/29/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of National Defense (DND) on Saturday assured senators that it could implement a law they are proposing to make the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program mandatory despite doubts and reservations expressed…

After nearly 3 decades, Capitol recovers portions of contested lots in Brgy Apas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 10/04/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – After a legal battle that spanned up to nearly three decades, the Cebu Provincial Government has finally reclaimed portions of military-occupied lots in Barangay Apas, Cebu City. This after the Department of National…

Freedom is not academic

Geronimo L. Sy - @inquirerdotnet 02/08/2021

Academic freedom is much debated today. It is on record that the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) entered into a pact in 1989 to govern the conduct of military and…

Deliveries of new Black Hawks for PH Air Force start with 5 choppers

Frances Mangosing 11/10/2020

MANILA, Philippines—The first five of a batch of 16 brand new Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopters have been delivered to the Philippines, according to the Department of National Defense (DND) on Monday (Nov. 9). The helicopters were…

Tourism, economy among major concerns raised at Dagyaw 2019 dialog

Irene R. Sino Cruz 07/09/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines–Concerns ranging from security to economy were raised by various sectors during the Dagyaw 2019 Dialogue held Tuesday, July 9, at the Cebu Provincial Capitol Social Hall. Dagyaw 2019 refers to the Open Government and…

Lorenzana signs compromise agreement for 32-hectare lot for soldiers

Rosalie Abatayo 02/18/2019

Cebu City, Philippines – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has signed the compromise agreement for the 32-hectare lot occupied by soldiers’ family and their kin surrounding the Central Command headquarters in Barangay Apas. Lorenzana’s approval of the compromise…

DND: PH military has no reserve ammo for use in emergencies

Inquirer.net 06/05/2018

Unknown to many, government forces had gone out of ammunition while fighting insurgencies in Marawi last year and when it waged a total war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in 2000. Assistant Secretary Manuel Felino…

Legarda to PH gov’t: Ratify Paris climate accord

11/04/2016

SENATOR Loren Legarda has renewed her call for the Philippines to ratify the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, saying the country has nothing to lose “but everything to gain with it.” In particular, Legarda urged all concerned…

Hernando Iriberri is new AFP chief

Inquirer 07/10/2015

Lieutenant General Hernando Iriberri assumed office as the 46th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on Friday. Iriberri replaced outgoing AFP chief Gen. Gregorio Catapang who will reach the retirement age of 65…

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