CAMP AGUINALDO, QUEZON CITY- With thousands of soldiers delaying their holidays for the victims of tropical storm Sendong, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Jessie D Dellosa extended his trip to Mindanao to personally check and oversee the rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations being conducted by the soldiers. Dellosa went [...] [...more]
In another first. today the Philippine Congress, House of Representatives, impeached the SC CHIEF JUSTICE RENATO CORONA. Allies of President Aquino admitted the head of the executive branch ordered the impeachment – but legal luminaries have pointed out – It is the option of congress to either accept the request or not. Any president working [...] [...more]
After almost seven months of peacekeeping in Haiti, the 13th Philippine Contingent to Haiti (13PCH) had arrived yesterday, and is scheduled to be awarded with the UN Medal in a welcome ceremony on Monday, 2 PM at the GHQ Canopy area with Gen. Eduardo SL Oban Jr., Chief of Staff, as the Guest of Honor [...] [...more]
Aside from the speech given on July 25th at the Batasan Pambansa , President Aquino’s PCOO office issued a full technical report on accomplishments and issues presented as well as plans and programs for the 2011-2012 FY of the country in a full technical and progress report published on the Philippine Gazette‘s official release of [...] [...more]
A US Navy super carrier, like the USS Carl Vinson, is a floating piece of sovereign US territory, that can go almost anywhere. The third US Nimitz class carrier built, it was commissioned in 1980, and, named for a Georgia congressman who is known as the congressional father of America’s two ocean navy. The Carl Vinson, has enough firepower [...] [...more]
Baguio City Philippine:President Benigno Simeon Aquino III named Lieutenant General Eduardo Oban Jr. as the 42nd chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, replacing Gen. Ricardo David Jr. who will retire on March 8. The President made the announcement at the 106th commencement exercises of the Philippine Military Academy’s Laon Alab Class [...] [...more]
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