Delfin Lorenzana

The Philippines is in the late stages of a five-year, 300 billion pesos ($5.85 billion) project to modernise its military's outdated hardware.

Military airplanes and naval vessels were dispatched to carry aid to areas devastated by Typhoon Rai.

Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he had been urged by a former Chinese diplomat to back off.

The Philippines says the presence of 200 Chinese vessels in South China Sea violated its maritime rights as it claims ownership of the area.

President Rodrigo Duterte's government has stepped up efforts to end a Maoist-led rebellion.

The Philippine defence minister said on Wednesday that unapproved COVID-19 vaccines given to President Rodrigo Duterte's military security detail had been smuggled into the country.

Fourteen people were killed and 75 wounded, including members of the government-backed security forces and civilians.

Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said combat operations had been terminated, after troops prevailed in the last stand against gunmen who clung on inside several buildings in the heart of Marawi.

Philippines was also working on a "commercial deal" with China to explore and exploit oil and gas resources in disputed areas of the South China Sea with an aim to begin drilling within a year.

Defence and military officials have subsequently clarified the president's comments.

Isnilon Hapilon, 50, who is allegedly on the United States list of Most Wanted Terrorists was indicted in Washington for his involvement in 2001 kidnapping of three Americans in the Philippines.

Philippine Defence Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Thursday that the US military will start building facilities in Philippine military camps this year, China's Xinhua news agency reported.

Philippine Defence Minister Delfin Lorenzana reaffirmed the unity and solidarity of ASEAN amidst the emerging super-power competition.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.

It represents a big legal victory for Donald Trump, who won the Nov. 5 US election and is set to return to office on Jan. 20.

Rescue services said the plane hit the ground, split into pieces and slid over 100 metres (110 yards).