The Escort Flotilla Four of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) arrived at the Alava Wharf in Subic Bay on Saturday, September 1, for a goodwill visit to the Philippines. The fleet is...
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3 Japanese maritime defense warships in Olongapo City for goodwill visit to PH
Commander Jonathan Zata, director of the Naval Public Affairs Office, said the Japanese ships, now berthed at the Alava Wharf in Olongapo City, arrived today and are expected to stay in the country until Wednesday. Zata said the visiting Escort Flotilla Four of the...
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PH Navy ‘RIMPAC’ contingent now in Guam
The Philippine Navy (PN) contingent to the recently-concluded “Rim of the Pacific” (RIMPAC) naval exercises have arrived at Apra Harbor, Guam Wednesday. The contingent is composed of the strategic sealift vessel BRP Davao Del Sur (LD-602) and frigate BRP...
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Pentagon defends US warships in the Taiwan Strait, shrugs at China’s outcry
Colonel Robert Manning, director of the Pentagon’s press operations, said at a briefing that the warships’ passage through the strait was in international waters so that “the United States Navy has got the right to transit”. Manning declined to comment on the specific...
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Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific
Australia will invest $5.2 billion to develop and buy high-tech US drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea, it said Tuesday. Canberra has been embarking on its largest peacetime naval investment through a massive...
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Ranking US naval official visits PH RIMPAC contingent
US Third Fleet commander Vice Admiral John D. Alexander paid a visit to the frigate BRP Andres Bonifacio (FF-17), the flagship of the Philippine Navy (PN) contingent to this year’s “Rim of the Pacific” (RIMPAC) exercise. In a statement Thursday,...
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New milestone for PH Navy as it joins largest maritime exercises
The Philippine Navy on Wednesday held a send-off ceremony for its contingent that will participate in the world’s largest maritime exercises, the Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac) in Hawaii. This marks as a new milestone for the Navy as it is the first time that the...
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U.S., India, Japan Navies Start Malabar Exercise Tomorrow in Guam
The U.S. Navy is hosting naval forces from India and Japan in Guam for the annual Malabar Exercise, set to start Thursday in the Philippine Sea. This is the first year Guam is hosting the annual exercise in which participants will practice surface and anti-submarine...
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Japanese destroyer ‘Setogiri’ arrives in Manila
JS Setogiri (DD-156), an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), arrived in Manila Friday, May 25, with one helicopter and approximately 200 officers and crew on board. Its one-day goodwill visit is the 4th visit of a JMSDF ship in...
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Duterte to send off Filipino scientists to PH Rise study
President Rodrigo Duterte will send off on Tuesday a team of Filipino scientists to the Philippine Rise (also known as Benham Rise) from Aurora province to begin research in the resource-rich territory, the Armed Forces’ Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) announced...
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Duterte talked about South China Sea arbitral ruling with Vietnam leader – Palace
President Rodrigo Duterte has discussed the international arbitral ruling on the Philippines’ dispute with China in the South China Sea with Vietnam’s head of state, who was all praises for the way Duterte handled the’ maritime row, a Palace...
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Framework sought on joint gas exploration with China
The Duterte administration wants a framework on joint oil and gas exploration with China “as soon as possible” and has vowed that any deal would be beneficial to Filipinos. “If it’s acceptable to both sides, we could see the joint exploration done soon,” Foreign...
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