PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is determined to win the war against insurgents and vowed to build a "very strong" military by adding 40,000 more troops and rearming them to avert "future threats" to the country's national security.
Speaking to reporters after he delivered his State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday, the President pledged that the security forces would be "very strong" in two years time as he sought to buy equipment that would also boost their armed capabilities.
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