Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:17:32 +0000
With the Philippine Navy’s expanding operations and growing capabilities, its air group is poised to be upgraded into a wing status.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 10:50:14 +0000
A Chinese navy fighter jet crashed during a training mission Tuesday in the southern island province of Hainan, killing both pilots.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2019 12:06:00 +0000
The Philippine Navy will acquire around 30 more ships equipped with missile system and automated 50 caliber machine guns.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 05:53:41 +0000
Authorities intercepted over the weekend some P11 million worth of smuggled cigarettes at the local port of this city.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2019 06:31:31 +0000
Chinese fishing vessels in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) are controlled by the military, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Friday.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2019 06:59:35 +0000
President Rodrigo Duterte is “very receptive” to the idea of the Philippine government taking over the operations of South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Corp. in Subic, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed on Wednesday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 06:59:30 +0000
Malacañang has downplayed an ex-Philippine Navy chief’s concerns about security implications of Chinese firms likely taking over Hanjin-PH.
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Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 07:18:04 +0000
Iran said it is holding US Navy veteran Michael R. White at a prison, making him the first American known to be detained under Trump admin.
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Thai rescuers said they will not immediately attempt an underwater evacuation of 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach who have been trapped in a cave for almost two weeks because they have not learned adequate diving skills in the short time since they were found.
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The Philippine Navy is looking for “skilled” new recruits to its fleet as it continues to acquire new assets and achieve its long-term goals.
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