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₱3 B released for Navy's offshore patrol vessel project
(Manila Bulletin,June 18, 2022 , on page 1-5)The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released the initial funding for the Philippine Navy’s (PN)’s acquisition of six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) worth ₱3 billion. The Special Allotment Release Order ... -
After China's massive drill, US patrols disputed South China Sea
(Manila Bulletin,April 12, 2018 , on page 11)In a span of 20 minutes, 20 F-18 fighter jets took off and landed on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier, in a powerful display of military precision and efficiency. The nuclear-powered warship, leading a carrier ... -
Another US sail-by, another China protest
(Manila Bulletin,February 16, 2019 , on page 8)Two United States guided-missile destroyers – the USS Spruance and the USS Preble — sailed into the South China Sea last Monday, close to the Spratly island group near Palawan. The sail-bys were, as expected, immediately ... -
Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific
(Manila Bulletin,May 27, 2018 , on page 7)Australia will invest Aus$7 billion (US$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 ... -
British Navy warship sails near Beijing-claimed South China Sea islands
(Manila Bulletin,September 7, 2018 , on page 4)While the U.S. Navy has conducted Freedom of Navigation Operations (FONOPs) in the same area in the past, this British challenge to China’s growing control of the strategic waterway comes after the United States has said ... -
China builds new military facilities on South China Sea islands
(Manila Bulletin,July 1, 2017 , on page 12)China has built new military facilities on islands in the South China Sea, a U.S. think tank reported on Thursday, a move that could raise tensions with Washington, which has accused Beijing of militarizing the vital ... -
China denies reports of building on disputed Shoal
(Manila Bulletin,March 23, 2017 , on page 2)China’s Foreign Ministry yesterday denied reports that China will begin preparatory work this year for an environmental monitoring station on disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. China seized the shoal, which ... -
China finishing South China Sea buildings that could house missiles - US officials
(Manila Bulletin,February 23, 2017 , on page 6)China, in an early test of US President Donald Trump, is nearly finished building almost two dozen structures on artificial islands in the South China Sea that appear designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles, ... -
China is not militarizing South China Sea – Premier Li
(Manila Bulletin,March 25, 2017 , on page 4)China is not militarizing the South China Sea, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday, although he acknowledged that defense equipment in islands in the disputed waterway had been placed there to maintain “freedom of navigation”. ... -
China jams US spy drones over disputed South China Sea
(Manila Bulletin,May 24, 2015 , on page 1-14)China tried to electronically jam US drone flights over the disputed South China Sea in order to prevent surveillance on man-made islands Beijing is constructing as a part of an aggressive land reclamation initiative, US ... -
China says military deployment in South China Sea 'legitimate'
(Manila Bulletin,June 2, 2018 , on page 5)China has defended its deployment of military assets in the volatile South China Sea “as legitimate and legal” even as it called out the United States for projecting a military presence in the region that “far exceeds the ... -
China, US warships face-off in disputed South China Sea
(Manila Bulletin,October 3, 2018 , on page 3)China expressed anger on Tuesday after a US Navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the disputed South China Sea, saying it was resolutely opposed to an operation that it called a threat to its sovereignty. ... -
Chinese vessels try to intercept PH Navy warship in WPS
(Manila Bulletin,February 5, 2023 , on page 9)In an apparent move to flex its muscles in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), two China Coast Guard (CCG) ships and two Chinese maritime militia vessels sailed close to a Philippine Navy ship off panganiban (Mischief) Reef in ... -
DND, SoKor shipbuilder ink ₱30-B offshore patrol vessel deal
(Manila Bulletin,June 29, 2022 , on page 2)he Department of National Defense (DND) and South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) on Monday signed the PHP30 billion offshore patrol vessel (OPV) contract which seeks to provide six OPVs to the Philippine ... -
Flight of first batch of repatriated OFWs from Iraq may be stalled due to Taal eruption- Lorenzana
(Manila Bulletin,January 14, 2020 , on page 1-7)The first batch of repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Iraq will have to wait longer before they could come home to the Philippines as their flight may be delayed due to the eruption of Taal Volcano, Defense ... -
India takes a stand for peace in SCS
(Manila Bulletin,February 9, 2018 , on page 8)In the wake of the recent India-ASEAN commemorative summit to mark the 25th anniversary of India-ASEAN relations, the Indian government said early this week that it is ready to pursue defense cooperation with the Philippines ... -
Indonesia deploys fighter jets, warships to disputed water in China spat
(Manila Bulletin,January 9, 2020 , on page 3)Indonesia has deployed fighter jets and war-ships to patrol islands near the disputed South China Sea, the military said Wednesday, escalating tensions with Beijing after a diplomatic spat over "trespassing" Chinese vessels. -
Japan conducts first submarine drill in disputed sea-reports
(Manila Bulletin,September 18, 2018 , on page 1-4)Japan has carried out its first submarine drill in the South China Sea, a newspaper said Monday, a move that could provoke Beijing which claims most of the disputed waters. Submarine Kuroshio on Thursday joined three ... -
Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea
(Manila Bulletin,March 15, 2017 , on page 5)Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two. China claims almost ... -
Japan protests Chinese navy sailing near disputed islands
(Manila Bulletin,July 5, 2022 , on page 6)Japan lodged a protest with China on Monday over a Chinese naval vessel sailing near disputed islands, a Japanese official said, as reports emerged of Russia also sending its own navy ship to the area. The islets in the ...