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Coast Guard, National Affairs 19-Aug-2020

Aiding the Nation Against the COVID-19 Pandemic: We Heal as One with the Philippine Coast Guard

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has stricken a lot of countries globally including the Philippines, affecting people’s welfare, socio-economic condition of the country, and government resilience and thinking on ways to respond to the interconnecting issues brought by this pandemic. This pandemic has led the world to enter into a ‘new normal’ set up under adherence of strict health awareness and…

Chairman's Page, Defense, Maritime Security, National Affairs 6-May-2020

Keeping Our US Alliance Alive

I cannot forget that final day in 1977 when we in the DND Strategic Studies Group (SSG) headed by then Col Salvador Regalado PAF that was specially created by DND Secretary Juan Ponce Enrile, presented our final proposed draft of the revised PH-US Military Bases Agreement (MBA) when, after the ensuing discussions, we were surprised by the position paper prepared…