(File photo) MANILA - The Department of National Defense (DND) is now looking for new proponents for the Philippine Navy's (PN) procurement of six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) due to pricing issues with Australian shipbuilder Austal. "Pending our approval of the contract for the purchase, they (Austal) said the cost has increased materials, labor and everything. They asked for additional payment. I think our budget is PHP30 billion, so they want PHP12 billion more for the six OPVs or they said we can reduce the number from six to five," Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on the sidelines of the rites for this year's Philippine Veterans Week at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani on Tuesday. Lorenzana added that they cannot anymore ask the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for additional funding. However, he also said reducing the number of OPVs to be acquired is not an option for the PN. "Ang gusto nila (Navy) anim talaga dahil talagang (yun) kailangan na
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana (File photo) MANILA - With less than three months left before the end of the Duterte Administration, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Tuesday said he has already ordered his staff to prepare for the transition and handover of responsibilities to his successor. "What I am doing now is I have directed my staff to prepare my own transition and prepare the documents, including our clearances from the Ombudsman and all those agencies requiring us to get a clearance, and they are now listing or putting in a paper, sheet of paper, all of the functions of the SND, (committees) where I am chair, where I am member, so that when the new (SND) will arrive or assume the post, he will be ready)," Lorenzana said at the sidelines of the wreath-laying ceremonies for this year's Philippine Veterans Week at the Libingan ng Mga Bayani. Lorenzana also said his successor will not experience any problem regarding the turnover
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Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana condemned the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), for its atrocities to the Filipino people as it marks its 53rd founding anniversary on Tuesday, March 29.
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The Philippines is now closer to its goal of attaining a “lasting and sustainable” peace with the achievements in the peace and security campaign of the Philippine Army (PA), Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has disclosed.
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