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(PNA file photo) MANILA-Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Wednesday the survey he commissioned Pulse Asia to conduct has resulted in 69 percent of Filipinos agreeing to the proposed implementation of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Program in senior high school. Gatchalian said about 71 percent of the respondents in the National Capital Region and 78 percent in the Visayas support mandatory ROTC in senior high school while 67 percent in Balance Luzon and 64 percent in Mindanao also say they support the proposal. "Among socioeconomic groups, support for mandatory ROTC is stro...

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The Navy Reserve is developing a mobile app to make it easier for reservists to report for duty using a solution that will come in handy if it ever activates the entire 50,000-member Selected Reserve. The idea for the app came from Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Calhoun’s own experience mobilizing in 2020 led him to wonder […]

DND officer-in-charge Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. (File photo) MANILA - Department of National Defense (DND) officer-in-charge Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr. on Monday said he will do everything in his authority to ensure that the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty are protected. This is foremost in Faustino's 10-point agenda which seeks to align the department's policies with President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s promise of a stronger and better Philippines through national unity, nation-building, and economic recovery. Faustino, in a statem...

For Taiwan, the United States, and its allies it is crucial to step up countermeasures to the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) campaign of military intimidation and coercion lest it become confident it can get away with minor aggressions contributing to confidence to undertake an invasion of Taiwan. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) appears to understand. During a June 2, 2022 Dragon Boat Festival weekend tour of Taiwan’s 66th Marine Brigade, without warning she paused to pick up and get the feel of the Taiwan-designed and made Kestrel shoulder-fired infantry rocket. In that moment ...