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Military told to behave properly on social media
Although a number of military members posted their opinions about ABS-CBN going off the air, the AFP says the directive was prompted by social media posts and comments ‘from the past’

Lorenzana, AFP defend military chief's 'out of place' letter to Chinese envoy
Although the military chief's letter to the Chinese envoy may have been 'out of place,' Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana says he sees nothing wrong with it

AFP chief asked Chinese envoy help to buy COVID-19 'medicine,' then recalls letter
A leaked letter shows AFP chief General Felimon Santos Jr requesting Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian’s help in obtaining Carrimycin tablets, which he said he used when he was sick with COVID-19

Duterte's martial law threat – and what he did not tell us
In his taped Friday morning public address on the coronavirus, President Duterte blasts the communist rebels again and brings up an old peace proposal they submitted long before the pandemic

Military chief Santos recovers from coronavirus
Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Edgard Arevalo says the follow up COVID-19 test on AFP Chief of Staff General Felimon Santos Jr came back negative

LOOK: Military receives quarantine facility, medical equipment
The military are among the front liners battling the pandemic, and the AFP Medical Corps will be deployed to national quarantine centers to tend to PUMs, PUIs, and confirmed patients with mild symptoms

Navy chief tests negative for virus; Army, Air Force chiefs in quarantine
They all came in contact with military chief General Felimon Santos Jr, who tested positive for the novel coronavirus on March 27

Defense Secretary Lorenzana tests negative for coronavirus
The head of the national task force against the pandemic says he will remain on quarantine until April 6

Lorenzana on self-quarantine after contact with virus-positive military chief
(UPDATED) The defense chief came in close contact twice with military chief General Felimon Santos Jr, who has tested positive for the coronavirus

Military chief Santos tests positive for coronavirus
(UPDATED) AFP chief General Felimon Santos Jr calls on all who had close contact with him since March 13 to go on self-quarantine, and those who met him from March 9 to 12, to take precautions and seek medical advice

Senior military officer tests positive for virus; AFP chief on home quarantine
Military chief General Felimon Santos Jr says he came into contact with the patient, but they practiced physical distancing at the event

2,000+ Chinese military in PH for immersion? Checking, says AFP chief
The Armed Forces of the Philippines is verifying a raw report from Senator Panfilo Lacson that up to 3,000 members of China’s military are in the Philippines on an ‘immersion mission’

Russia denies envoy’s meeting with PH military chief related to VFA repeal
Ties between the Philippines and Russia are independent of any third party, says Russian Ambassador Igor Khovaev

New AFP chief Felimon Santos Jr: PH can 'move on without VFA'
(UPDATED) New military chief Felimon Santos Jr says the termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement will not be a loss to the Philippines

New Eastern Mindanao military commander vows strong push vs communist rebels
'We will break them hard,' Major General Jose Faustino says of his plans in battling communist rebels in the region

Military ‘intensifies’ intel on terror groups amid Iran-U.S. crisis
The military says it is looking out for the security of US and Iranian citizens in the Philippines

AFP ‘ready to deploy anytime’ to evacuate Filipinos in Middle East
In case violence escalates in the region, the Philippine military says it will deploy aircraft and vessels to take Filipinos out of Iran and Iraq

No mention of West Philippine Sea in new military chief’s speech
Lieutenant General Felimon Santos Jr praises President Duterte’s ‘localized peace talks’ with communist guerrilla fronts, and vows to focus military efforts on stamping out the rebellion

Veteran intelligence officer Felimon Santos Jr is new military chief
(UPDATED) Lieutenant General Felimon Santos Jr is currently the chief of the Eastern Mindanao Command based in Davao City
