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Philippines, China defense chiefs agree to increase bilateral security engagements

October 25, 2017

Philippine and Chinese defense chiefs conducted a bilateral meeting at the Department of National Defense (DND) in Camp Aguinaldo Wednesday. During the meeting, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and his Chinese counterpart General Chang Wanquan agreed to strengthen their defense and

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Ano to retire as AFP chief Thursday, no replacement yet

October 25, 2017

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Eduardo Ano is set to end his military service Thursday. Ano, who will reach his mandatory retirement age of 56, will relinquish his post during the retirement and change of

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Duterte witnesses turnover of military equipment from Russia

October 25, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte witnessed on Wednesday a ceremonial turnover of military equipment donated by the Russian Federation to the Philippines. Among the equipment that Moscow gave to Manila include 20 units of Ural-4320 multi-purpose vehicles; 5,000 units of AK-74M Kalashnikov

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(UPDATE) Duterte to visit Japan after Abe’s fresh mandate

October 25, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte is set to embark on his second visit to Japan before the end of the month, the Department of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. Duterte will be on a working visit to Japan on October 29-31, days after Japanese

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Duterte going to Japan on working visit on Oct 29-31

October 25, 2017

President Rodrigo Duterte will go to Japan on a working visit on October 29-31, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Wednesday. In a statement by the DFA, it said Duterte will discuss with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe “matters of

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Japan studying other forms of assistance, said Lorenzana

October 24, 2017

CLARK, Pampanga — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Japan Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera is studying other possible assistance  it may provide to the Philippines. “We are still looking at other assistance that they (Japan) could provide us, since according to

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Australia to train Philippine military in urban warfare

October 24, 2017

CLARK, Pampanga — The Australian Defense Force (ADF) to conduct urban warfare training with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). In a press conference, Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne announced she and Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana agreed to increase

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Filing of complaint against Abaya, others, long overdue, Palace says

October 24, 2017

Malacanang expressed support on Tuesday to the filing of graft complaints against former officials of the Department of Transportation and Communications over the alleged anomalous contract with a Filipino-Korean firm regarding the maintenance of the problematic Metro Railway Transit 3. “The filing

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