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AFP commissions 2 new Navy vessels to boost maritime defense

MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday commissioned two new vessels in Subic, Zambales, ...
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Philippines seeks lift on financing cap, 15-year limit for AFP modernization

THE Philippines’ Department of National Defense (DND) is pushing to remove restrictions on both foreign and local financing for defense acquisitions and to scrap the 15-year timeline governing the ...
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Legarda wants urgent defense reforms: DND, AFP modernization

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda, the first woman to chair the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, convened a hearing on February 24 ...
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Financing freedom, defending sovereignty

FOR decades, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) survived on a year-to-year allowance while potential adversaries ...