AFP Acting Vice Chief of Staff LtGen William Gonzales and Atty Kristine Rosary Yuzon-Chavez, Executive Director of the Philippine Commission on Women, renewed a partnership agreement centered on mainstreaming gender and development matters in the military on Monday, November 7, at the AFP General Headquarters in Quezon City.

AFP Chief of Staff LtGen Bartolome Vicente Bacarro met with Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of General Staff of Vietnam People's Army and Vice Minister of National Defense of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on Monday, November 7, at the General Headquarters in Quezon City.

CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) officially opened the AFP Joint Exercise (AJEX) “DAGIT-PA” on Monday, November 7, in a ceremony presided by the AFP Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Bartolome Vicente Bacarro at the General Headquarters canopy area.

DAGIT-PA, which stands for “Dagat-Langit-Lupa” is an AFP-wide/AFP-only exercise that integrates Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Army, and AFP Special Operations Forces to level up capabilities to accomplish missions in the sea, air, and land.

AFP Chief of Staff LtGen Bartolome Vicente Bacarro led the wreath-laying ceremony at the Marine Heroes Monument, Marine Barracks Rudiardo Brown, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City on Monday, November 7, as part of the 72nd birthday of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC).

With the theme, “TEAM MARINES @ 72: Katuwang ng bawat Pilipino tungo sa mas mapayapa, maunlad, at nagkakaisang bansa,” the PMC will highlight "illustrious past and honor the distinguished legacy that the Marine forefathers have built in the last seven decades."