July 2021 | International Law Alerts | National Defense

The United States is hoping for a “satisfactory arrangement” with the Philippines for the continuation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).

Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Monday vowed to support efforts that will upgrade and modernize the Philippine Air Force (PAF) fleet following one of the country’s deadliest military aviation accidents.

The Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) is looking for funding sources to raise funds for the country’s soldiers, Malacañang said on Tuesday.

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go highlighted the importance of efforts to modernize the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) following the C-130 plane crash in Patikul, Sulu that killed at least 52 military personnel and civilians and injured several others

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said unforeseeable circumstances were among the reasons for the delay in the implementation of some of its modernization projects

President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s strong support to the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has always been considered as part of his administration’s legacies.

Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he will continue to push for the military’s modernization and measures to improve its personnel management in the remaining months of the Duterte administration.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has walked back on a decision to end a key military deal with the United States, his defence secretary said Friday during a visit by Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin.

Having spent many years areas in Mindanao infected by the communist terrorist group (CTG), Brigadier General Manuel V. Sequitin, the new Commander of the Civil Relations Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (CRSAFP), revealed that most parts of the country are already peaceful because many former rebels have already decided to return to the fold of the law.

This week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) witnessed the virtual launching ceremony of one of its two units of 97-meter multi-role response vessel (MRRV) all the way from Shimonoseki Shipyard in Japan.