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(Photo courtesy of AFP Public Affairs Office) MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Canadian Armed Forces will host a five-day military operational course in Clark, Pampanga which kicked off on Monday. Some 35 officers from the AFP and the armed forces of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Mongolia, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam are participating in the course, military public affairs office chief Col. Jorry L. Baclor said in a statement. "Ambassador David Hartman, Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines graced the event. The Chief-of-Staff, AFP, Gen. Andres Centino, represented by (Marine) Brig. Gen. Noel D. Beleran, the Deputy Chief-of-Staff for Education, Training and Doctrine, J-8 extends his appreciation to the Embassy of Canada in the Philippines and the Department of National Defense of Canada for sponsoring the course," he added. Baclor, quoting Beleran, emphasized that the AFP puts primacy on fostering stronger and broader collaboration with foreign c
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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the promotion of Major Gen. Stephen Parreno, Commanding General of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), to Lieutenant General, which gave him his third star, as the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) shuffled several key posts that affected 12 senior militar