PH should lend an ear to HR criticism – Pimentel
The Philippines may well pay attention to the criticism. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, a key ally of President Duterte, had this response to the report that the US has halted an arms deal...
View ArticlePalace: PNP can buy rifles from other countries
Malacañang on Tuesday expressed optimism that the Philippine National Police could still acquire assault rifles from other sources after the US government voided the sale of 26,000 high-powered...
View ArticleDuterte unfazed by scrapped US rifle deal, says he’ll buy from Russia
President Rodrigo Duterte shrugged off the US State Department's decision to stop the sale of 26,000 assault rifles to the Philippines, saying he could buy guns from Russia. The rifles were supposed to...
View ArticlePoe: Uphold rights in drug war; Trillanes: Sanctions vs PH to worsen
Senator Grace Poe urged the Duterte administration on Wednesday to uphold human rights while remaining relentless in its war on drugs, even as Senator Antonio Trillanes IV warned that the cancelled...
View ArticleDuterte to US on scrapped arms deal: Is that all?
President Duterte has belittled the decision of the US State Department to call off the sale of 26,000 assault rifles to the Philippine National Police, saying the Philippines could just turn to Russia...
View ArticleDefense exec: Details on China arms deal still ‘to be determined’
China has offered firearms deal to the country but the details are still uncertain, the Department of National Defense said on Monday.
View ArticlePH to sign letter of intent to buy defense assets from China
A letter of intent is set to be signed on Monday between the Philippine government and China’s state-owned arms exporter for the purchase of defense equipment, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenza has said.
View ArticleDuterte eyes arms deals on Israel trip
President Rodrigo Duterte is set to arrive Sunday for a visit to Israel and Jordan, pursuing a pivot away from his nation's long-time reliance on American military hardware and backing.
View ArticleDuterte calls Hitler ‘insane’ at Israeli Holocaust memorial
JERUSALEM—President Rodrigo Duterte, who once compared himself favorably to Adolf Hitler, paid a solemn visit to Israel’s national Holocaust memorial on Monday, branding the Nazi leader “insane” as he...
View ArticlePalace: No arms deal yet with Israel, Jordan
Malacañang on Sunday said there was no assurance just yet if the Philippine government would buy defense equipment from Israel and Jordan following President Rodrigo Duterte’s official visit to the two...
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