MANILA — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) expressed full support for the call of Defense Secretary Gilberto Jr. to speed up the implementation of the military’s modernization program due to ...

MANILA, Philippines — 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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — 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 “agile” ...

THE Department of National Defense (DND) may need to borrow from various sources to proceed with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization after its proposed budget was reduced in the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) needs to do away with a 15-year modernization phase, which is “too long and too impracticable” as the country gears up for external ...

MANILA, Philippines — Military leaders from across the globe, including top 25 senior officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Association of Reservists and Reservist Administrators ...

Our soldiers are victims as well of the plundering political elite. They’re deprived of critical facilities and basic gear. Politicos divert AFP modernization funds to pork barrels. Floods wreck ...