Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, Office of the Presidential Peace Adviser on the Peace Process (OPPAP) Secretary Carlito G. Galvez, Jr. and Governor Edwin Jubahib led on August 16 the turn-over of housing units to 68 members of the Indigenous People in Davao del Norte. The beneficiary of the […]
There were hundreds of such atrocities committed by the NPA before and the Makabayan Bloc’s silence (was) deafening June 10, 2021 MANILA – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday night described as “half-hearted” the Makabayan bloc’s condemnation of the New People’s Army’s (NPA) anti-personnel mine attack that killed […]
By ROGER M. BALANZA The President is counted upon to lead in resolving challenges to sovereignty, because this is what presidents must do. Former foreign affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario stressed this presidential responsibility in an open letter addressed to Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. In his letter dated […]
Stop misleading with ‘illegal’ remarks May 2, 2021 MANILA – Retired Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario should stop “misleading” and “endangering” Filipinos with their “illegal” statements on the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Malacañang said on… Read More Also Read: Roque’s Statement […]
By ROGER M. BALANZA Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana yesterday told China to pull out its vessels encroaching into the West Philippine Sea as China said the Philippines should cease from conducting maritime patrols in an area it claims as part of its territory. Lorenzana shot down China’s latest […]
NDF grows weaker as Filipinos expose its ‘rapaciousness’ April 25, 2021 MANILA – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Saturday said the National Democratic Front (NDF) continues to weaken as Filipinos persistently expose the evils perpetrated by the communist terrorist group.The defense chief’s statement came as the NDF observed […]
April 21, 2021 MANILA – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana is set to return to work after completing quarantine and testing negative for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).”I was asymptomatic and my last test result after completing my isolation period is already negative,” he said in a message posted… Read […]
Lorenzana tests positive, now in isolation April 6, 2021 MANILA – Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he will undergo isolation after being tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) Tuesday.”The result of my RT-PCR (reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) test today, 06 April 2021, […]
It is high time that the country as one nation stands up to China’s continues incursion in the WPS. By all accounts, it is maritime bullying,” Senator Franklin Drilon said as he commended Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana for standing up against China and demanding that it withdraw its […]
Stands by defense chief’s remark on immediate departure of Chinese vessels April 5, 2021 MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte is standing by the strong statement made by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana demanding the immediate departure of the remaining 44 Chinese vessels from the Julian Felipe Reef in the […]
