The phases of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) modernization are no longer responsive to the fast-changing security landscape, and reforms are needed for the ...

Major General Gulliver Señires, commander of the Philippine Army’s 5th Infantry Division, clarified that the move to shift the Army’s focus from counterinsurgency to external defense is in line with ...

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. proposed on Friday another revision of the country’s military modernization law, saying the Revised AFP Modernization Act, or Republic Act No. 10349, has been ...

A legislator on Saturday proposed the recommissioning of retired military aircraft to be used as force multipliers during ...

WITH escalating tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and worsening natural calamities brought by climate change, a lawmaker has proposed a cost-effective measure to boost the Armed Forces’ (AFP) ...

PHILIPPINE LAWMAKERS should revise the country’s military modernization framework to allow faster acquisitions of defense assets, security analysts said at the weekend, as confrontations with China in ...

THE PHILIPPINE government’s plan to acquire 20 F-16 fighter jets from the US remains stalled due to funding constraints, officials said on Tuesday, even as Manila deepens its defense cooperation with ...