Foreign ministers from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) on Thursday pledged to cooperate in promoting maritime security in the Indo-Pacific in a veiled counter to China’s muscle-flexing in regional waters. In a meeting with his Asean...
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KEY POINTS President Joe Biden will keep a U.S. naval strike group in the South China Sea longer than originally planned, in response to Chinese missile tests and heightened aggression around Taiwan. However, he will postpone a previously scheduled...
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The Philippine Navy’s Agusta Westland (AW-109) helicopter aboard the missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151) joined anti-submarine drills at this year’s Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise last July 14 off Hawaii. Personnel on board a surface or air vessel are...
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MANILA – The aviation capabilities of the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) and the US Marine Corps (USMC) have been greatly enhanced following the conclusion of the five-day specialized helicopter drills between the two services last July 18 to 22. In a statement over...
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ZAMBOANGA CITY – Twenty-four Trafficking in Person (TIP) victims are now under the care of the Department of Social Welfare and Development-9 (DSWD-9) in this southern port city. Ivan Eric Salvador, DSWD-9 information officer, said Tuesday the victims are currently...
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China announced a large-scale military exercise in the South China Sea as the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan sails near the Spratly Islands and a U.S. destroyer conducted consecutive sail-throughs. The Hainan Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) issued...
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Seoul, South Korea (CNN)A US Navy destroyer sailed near a disputed South China Sea island chain on Wednesday, challenging the restrictions imposed by China and others on transit through the area. Lt. Nicholas Lingo, a spokesperson for the US Navy’s 7th Fleet...
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China has finished the construction of its first unmanned offshore oil platform on Wednesday at Enping Oilfield in the South China Sea. The platform, named EP10-2, does not have any offices or living quarters. As a result, it’s much cheaper to build and...
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On or about 220734H June 2022, this center monitored thru OSINT stating that on or about 201459H June 2022, Western Samar MARPSTA personnel led by PLT RENO L ACANGAN, Assistant Station Chief conducted seaborne patrol operation within the vicinity seawaters of...
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The Philippines and the United States Marine Corps have begun a three-week bilateral training exercise in Palawan called Marine Aviation Support Activity 2022 (MASA22). This comes after a formal launch at the Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) Headquarters in Fort...
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The Liaoning aircraft carrier conducted high-intensity drills in the Philippine Sea this month as the PLA navy seeks to hone its skills Military analysts say the exercise will provide a reference point for training and operations when the country acquires more...
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Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant, CG Admiral Artemio M Abu, graced the send-off ceremony for the four vessels participating in the Regional Marine Pollution Exercise (MARPOLEX) 2022 in the vicinity waters off Makassar, Indonesia from 22 to 29 May 2022. “This...
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