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In the Philippines, metropolitan areas have an official agency, such as Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), which manages Manila metropolitan area. [9] Similar agencies exist in Indonesia , such as Jabodetabekjur Development Cooperation Agency for Jakarta metropolitan area .
The Philippines has three metropolitan areas officially recognized by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) due to their prominence, population, size, and economy: Manila, Cebu, and Davao. [1] [2] The most populous is Metro Manila, which comprises the City of Manila, 15 neighboring cities, and a municipality.
MANILA (Reuters) -Global defence contractors put their advanced hardware on display as the Philippines embarks on the latest phase of a multi-billion-dollar effort to modernise its military at a ...
The military exercises will involve more than 2,000 American troops and Filipino soldiers and personnel and include US, Philippine forces start military drills amid tension over China's war games ...
The Philippines and the United States will carry out annual military exercises next month in key locations including Philippine islands facing the South China Sea and Taiwan, as tensions with ...
The uniqueness of Philippine military ranks can be seen in the current highest ranks of first chief master sergeant (for the Army, Marine Corps and Air Force) and first master chief petty officer (for the Navy), both created in 2004, and since then have become the highest enlisted rank of precedence. Prior, first chief sergeant and master chief ...
The deployment of the U.S. military's Typhon missile launchers in the Philippines was in line with Washington's longstanding defence ties with the country, the Philippine armed forces said on Friday.
A court in Baguio convicts three cadets of the Philippine Military Academy for the hazing death of Darwin Dormitorio in 2019 and sentences them to life imprisonment. [217] The Sandiganbayan acquits former PNP Director-General Jesus Verzosa of graft in a case involving the anomalous purchase of second-hand helicopters for the service in 2009. [218]