Tag: Local Politics

AFP Chief of Staff Visaya

Outgoing Armed Forces Chief Denies Connivance with Marcos

MANILA – Outgoing AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Ricardo Visaya has denied secretly allow with the Marcos family in the unannounced interment of the late dictator Pres. Ferdinand Marcos last November 18. General Visaya said he would be ready to go jail once proven that the military allowed the family of the late president in burying the […]

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Supreme Court Orders Philippine Government to Defend Military Drills

The Philippine Supreme Court ordered the government to defend the legality of recent joint military exercises with Japan following a petition by a left-wing political-party. A  Japanese surveillance plane  and about 200 troops held two days of joint training with the Philippine navy in May 2015 off the coast of western Palawan, an important  island not […]

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