Browsing BusinessMirror by Name "Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)"

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    • ‘Catch the wind’: Navy taps Subic boat maker to meet essential requirement of modernization program 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, January 23, 2021, on page 1)
      As the military implements the second of its three-phased multibillion-peso modernization program, a local shipbuilder has offered to help the Navy by supplying it with locally built modern small and big warships. Propmech, ...

    • DND budget hike sought as China keeps developing islands in WPS 

      Dela Cruz, Jovee Marie N. (BusinessMirror, September 9, 2020, on page A3)
      A lawmaker on Tuesday asked Congress to increase the budget allocation for the Department of National Defense (DND) to upgrade its capabilities to perform its role in securing the country’s sovereign territory, as the ...

    • Military conducts war exercise near China-occupied Scarborough Shoal 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, December 3, 2020, on page A3)
      With new assets in the inventory of the Navy and the Air Force, the military carried out its amphibious landing and island defense exercises in Zambales where the Scarborough Shoal sits at a shooting distance. The drills ...

    • PHL says 200 Chinese ships at disputed reef 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, March 22, 2021, on page A4)
      National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. said on Sunday that eight Chinese fishing vessels were spotted in the Pagasa Island area last week just as the government reported the presence of at least 220 Chinese ...

    • Shift to 'active defense' 

      Acosta, Rene (BusinessMirror, December 27, 2020, on page A1)
      The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is slowly beefing up both its offensive and defensive capabilities, working to boost the country’s ground-based air defense, which will be reinforced by the planned acquisition of ...

    • US, China spar over O'Brien's remarks on SCS 

      Acosta, Rene; Mercene, Recto (BusinessMirror, November 25, 2020, on page A8-A2)
      The United States is looking for a longer term for its Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the Philippines, even as it gave assurances that its military will remain in the Indo-Pacific region after the end of the Trump ...