ASEAN – President Rodrigo Duterte has declined an invitation to attend the United States-ASEAN summit in Washington DC to be held after the May 9 Philippine elections. During his Talk to the People aired on Wednesday morning, Duterte said it would not look good for him to attend the May 11 to 13 summit because by the time his successor …

ASEAN – Defense ministers from ASEAN Nations and their dialogue partners recently convened to explore measures to boost their relationship and cooperation in the face of a variety of regional security concerns, according to the Department of National Defense (DND). During the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat and Handover Ceremony on Nov. 10, Assistant …

The Senate has requested the Philippine National Police (PNP) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to find the provider of the missing 1,004 AK-47 rifles, which apparently wound up in the possession of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Mindanao. During the knowing about the Senate advisory group on open request led by Sen. Ronald dela Rosa, PNP and NBI …

The Presidential Commission on Visiting Forces in association with the United States is creating an advantageous understanding that will address the care issue of American officers who will perpetrate offenses or wrongdoings in the Philippines. In view of this, Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the particulars of the advantageous archive are as yet being examined and, if and when supported, will …

The investigations continuous as Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana shared that a blend of pilot mistake and awful climate may have prompted the accident of an Air Force C-130 that killed many troopers and regular citizens in Sulu. He expounded that the Blend of the two on the grounds that there was wind, solid breeze that appeared to push the plane. …

The Defense Secretar, Delfin Lorenzana countered China’s most recent cases of sway over islands and highlights in the West Philippine Sea underlining that the Chinese are infringing on Philippine waters. In view of this, Their cases as indicated by their supposed recorded rights have no premise especially in taking note of that the Philippines, despite what is generally expected, has …

Once again, defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana repeated the  interest of  Chinese vessel over the Philippines to leave the West Philippine Sea, saying they have  other explanation to remain in the fervently challenged waters. This is a huge decrease in the Chinese boats secured, moored and fixed at Julian Felipe Reef, where the NTF-WPS at first recorded 220 vessels associated to …

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana claimed on Saturday that President Rodrigo Duterte has not formally ordered a notice of termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) to be sent to the US, contrary to a previous announcement by Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo. “This is fake news. Sec. Locsin has not yet[ seen] the document,” Lorenzana told reporters in a chat group, …