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// Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)
OCT
14
2020

DTI agency’s failure to buy P9 B worth of critical equipment harms frontliners’ capability

President Duterte’s promises of new equipment for “his beloved uniformed services” are being betrayed by the Philippine International Trading Corporation’s (PITC) “failure to deliver them on time or deliver them at all.” The intent of another branch of government – Congress –
SEP
10
2020

Military camps should be no-go zones for a possible electronic Trojan horse

The Philippines has a land area of 30 million hectares, with military installations occupying a fraction of it, maybe not even 1/10th of 1 percent of the total. Dito can build their sites anywhere in this wide expanse of land — and government should help them — except
AUG
25
2020

Not just spending reports, Duterte must order agencies to tally help people got

President Duterte should order government agencies to add the most important column in their monthly publication of funds spent, and that is for “goods and services delivered to the people.”  “Spent” is a broad term, and is often used to disguise delays in the delivery of
FEB
06
2020

VFA-exit could come later, not yet time to do a Pelosi and rip it up

This is not the time to do a Pelosi and rip up the VFA. A VFA-exit could come later, in a manner that is not rushed, but planned and programmed, and not out of pique.  Certainly not this time when an intruder has built and continues to build what have become the bases of our