Legarda wants urgent defense reforms: DND, AFP modernization

2026-02-24 - 10:13

MANILA, Philippines – Senator Loren Legarda, the first woman to chair the Senate Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification, and Reconciliation, convened a hearing on February 24 to drive urgent reforms in the country’s defense institutions. “Times are changing, and our defense institutions must be able to keep pace. The threats we face