Philippines' defence expenditure soars

Military spending of President Benigno Aquino's government has outstripped that of previous administrations, a palace official revealed. Herminio Coloma, the Presidential Communications Secretary, said procurements for the Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) modernisation programme have reached 28 billion pesos (Dh2.41 billion) in 18 months under the Aquino administration when compared to 33 billion pesos under various administrations in the past 15 years.

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