NEWS

DND, AFP, and BCDA strengthen information exchange through forum on modernization

News Blog 12 May 2023

The leadership of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) aim to strengthen their public information capabilities by enhancing information exchange and linkages among them.

In a message read during the 26th AFP Forum hosted by the BCDA, former Defense Secretary and current BCDA Chairman Delfin N. Lorenzana stressed the significance of government communicators, especially in the defense and security sectors, as “bearers of truthful and accurate information”.

WELCOME CEREMONY

News Blog 11 May 2023

Chief of Staff, AFP General Andres C Centino PA welcomed President Ferdinand R Marcos Jr back at Villamor Air Base, Pasay City, as he arrived from the 42nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Indonesia.

COMMANDER IN CHIEF | Send-off to Indonesia

News Blog 10 May 2023

General Andres Centino, the Chief of Staff AFP, sends off the President and Commander in Chief, His Excellency Ferdinand Marcos Jr, at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on May 9. President Marcos was headed to Indonesia for the 42nd Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit set from May 10 to 11.

General Centino was joined by LtGen Romeo Brawner Jr, Commanding General of the Philippine Army; LtGen Stephen Parreño, Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force; RAdm Mac Raul Racacho, Commander of the Naval Sea Systems Command; Admiral Artemio Abu, Commandant of the Philippine Coast Guard; and PLtGen Rhodel Sermonia, PNP Deputy Chief for Administration. (Photos by PFC Carmelotes/PAO, AFP)

A LEADER'S PERSPECTIVE

News Blog 10 May 2023

General Andres C Centino PA, The Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines (CSAFP), served as the lecturer during the Field Study Visit of the Master in National Security Administration (MNSA) Regular Course students of the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP) at the AFP Headquarters today, May 10.

AFP, UP Manila forge partnership for training, cooperation

News Blog 10 May 2023

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City—General Andres Centino, Chief of Staff of the AFP, and Dr Carmencita Padilla, Chancellor of the University of the Philippines-Manila, signed a Memorandum of Agreement on May 10 that will strengthen the partnership of the two institutions in promoting dental advocacy, education, and training in the country.

The MOA signed at the AFP General Headquarters will support the continuing education of military and civilian dentists of the AFP with the UPM College of Dentistry as the primary training provider. In return, the AFP through the Office of the Chief Dental Service will support the various dental community projects of UP.