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When I went home last year, I wrote that Christmas 2021 would be the bleakest Christmas for many Filipinos, perhaps since the Second World War. COVID-19 has devastated the country.

Philippines Set to Convert Thitu Island Into Logistics Hub, Facilitate Patrols in South China Sea The Philippine military plans to transform its Thitu Island as a logistics hub to facilitate sovereignty patrols and upgrade monitoring around its waters amid the Chinese regime’s aggression in the South China Sea. The announcement came after some 220 Chinese vessels were moored at the disputed Whitsun Reef on March 21. The boats were “taking shelter from the wind,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said at a press conference on March 22. The Philippine Armed Forces Chi...

Published on: Saturday, May 08, 2021 By: PNA Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana takes a selfie while aboard an FA-50PH fighter aircraft. MANILA: The program for the acquisition of multi-role fighter (MRF) aircraft remains on track as these aircraft are urgently needed in defending the country’s airspace, Department of National Defence (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said. “We are pushing for the acquisition of multi-role fighter aircraft as it is (a) critical capability for the defence of our country’s territorial airspace from any form of threat and enforcement of the Philippine Air D...