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Civilian personnel still ‘in control’, says new Customs chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 10:59 PM

The new Bureau of Customs head insists there will be no militarization at the corruption-plagued agency despite President Duterte's earlier order. Read more »

Gov't mulls tsunami alert system for local communities

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 12 01:37 PM

MANILA- The Philippine government is mulling on setting up a tsunami alert system in communities following the recent quake-tsunami in Indonesia. Read more »

Lorenzana, Mattis discuss PH-US defense ties in Pentagon meeting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 19 08:56 AM

The Philippines and the US are bound by the decades-old Mutual Defense Treaty. Read more »

Trillanes, mananatili pa rin sa Senado

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 14 02:49 AM

Hindi natuloy ang planong pag-uwi ni Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV ngayong araw kahit pa walang inilabas na arrest warrant ang Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148. Read more »

Lorenzana: No arrest warrant yet for Trillanes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 11:16 PM

No court ruling yet on the justice department's motion for an arrest warrant and hold departure order against opposition Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.   Read more »

Military won't arrest Trillanes without warrant - Lorenzana

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 13 04:37 PM

MANILA - The military will not arrest Senator Antonio Trillanes IV without a warrant, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Thursday.  Read more »

Calida, tinuro ni Lorenzana na nag-usisa sa amnesty records ni Trillanes

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 10:20 PM

Si Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ang ikalawang nagkumpirma na si Solicitor General Jose Calida ang nag-usisa sa mga amnesty record ni Senador Antonio Trillanes IV. Read more »

PH troop deployment to Jordan unlikely, says defense chief

Jorge Cariño, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 10 05:37 PM

The Philippines is unlikely to send troops to Jordan to help in the fight against ISIS in the near future, the country's defense chief said Monday.  Read more »

'Rumors,' Defense chief says on reported military unrest

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 10 04:37 PM

Lorenzana said the last "destabilization" he monitored was from the left, which was "hatched in 2016 and finalized in 2017." Read more »

Duterte pa-Israel para bumili ng armas, makipagkita sa OFWs

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 06:37 PM

Umalis si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte nitong Linggo ng hapon papuntang Israel kung saan inaasahan ang kanyang pagbili ng mga bagong armas at nakatakda ang kanyang pakikipagkita sa mga OFW. Read more »

Pagsabog sa Sultan Kudarat, 'isolated case', ayon kay Lorenzana

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 30 04:37 AM

Itinuturing na isolated case ni Defense Sec. Delfin Lorenzana ang insidente sa Sultan Kudarat. Read more »

Martial law sa Mindanao, tinitingnan kung palalawigin

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 29 09:56 PM

Posibleng humingi na naman ng extension sa martial law sa Mindanao ang Malacañang kasunod ng pagsabog kagabi sa Sultan Kudarat. Read more »

Amid cuts in other sectors, proposed 2019 defense budget 24 pct higher

Vivienne Gulla, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 29 09:20 PM

MANILA - The proposed P251.17-billion 2019 budget for the Department of National Defense (DND) amounts to an increase of P49.03 billion or a 24-percent hike from its current funding. Read more »

Militar pinag-iisipang bumili ng submarine mula Russia

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 23 10:36 PM

Nagtungo sa Moscow, Russia si Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana para pag-aralan kung bibili ba sa kanila ang Pilipinas ng mga sasakyang pangmilitar gaya ng submarine. Read more »

Lorenzana urges U.S. to return 'trophies for atrocities'

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 18 12:53 AM

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana renewed calls Friday for the return of church bells seized by the U.S. military more than a century ago, urging Washington to relinquish what he called "trophies for atrocities". Read more »

Islamic State tags Mindanao as province: security think tank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 12:38 AM

A Philippine security think-tank said it has received information that the international terror organization Islamic State tagged Mindanao as part of its province in east Asia.   Read more »

ISIS tags Mindanao as province, says analyst

Ron Gagalac, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 10 04:01 PM

A Philippine think tank on Friday said it has received information that international terror organization Islamic State (ISIS) has tagged Mindanao as part of its province in East Asia Read more »

Moroccan with ties to Abu Sayyaf eyed in Basilan blast: Defense chief

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 10 12:18 PM

Lorenzana, however, refused to link the attack to the Islamic State, which had claimed that one of its jihadists, a Moroccan, was behind the blast that killed 10 on the spot. Read more »

Defense chief on Basilan blast: Don't jump to conclusions

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 01 03:08 PM

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana urged the public on Wednesday to refrain from drawing hasty conclusions over a car explosion that killed 10 people in the restive south.  Read more »

Peace likely to be achieved without 'spoiled brat' Joma, says Lorenzana

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 29 03:25 PM

Peace negotiations between the government and communist rebels will have a better chance at success once Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria “Joma” Sison is "out of the picture," Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana said Friday.   Read more »