The Armed Forces of the Philippines is allocated a record ₱90 billion for its revised AFP Modernization Program in the proposed 2026 national budget, with P40 billion in programmed funds and ₱50 billion in unprogrammed appropriations. The proposed amount is ₱15 billion higher than the ₱75-billion budget included in this year’s General Appropriations Act. Of the...
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Edca and our center of gravity
Uncle Sam is literally back. Through our Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (Edca), the United States has access to a number of our military bases. Unlike before, when the former US bases on Philippine soil were exclusively America’s, now America has the run of some of our military facilities in Cagayan, Isabela and Palawan. Also, while...
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Marcos Jr. should learn from history, Biazon says in wake of military brass shakeup
The dictator Ferdinand Marcos kept Gen. Romeo Espino for nine years as chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to enforce martial law, causing deep division and disenchantment among the military officers and men. The rumblings eventually reached tipping point. Then Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile and the AFP vice chief of staff,...