The government will not risk agitating China by sending its World War II warship beyond Scarborough Shoal off Zambales, Malacañang said Monday. Responding to warnings in the Senate, Communications Secretary Ramon Carandang said the deployment of BRP Rajah Humabon was not meant to exacerbate tensions with China over the disputed Spratly Islands. “No, it’s not [...]
The Philippines deployed on Friday its biggest warship, the BRP Rajah Humabon, to patrol the West Philippine Sea, also known as the South China Sea, raising its naval profile in the escalating dispute over several islands in the Spratlys group with China and four Asian countries—Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Indonesia. The deployment of the Philippine [...]
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Sunday cautioned the Aquino administration against agitating China in the explosive Spratly Islands dispute by sending the country’s only warship beyond Philippine waters. Enrile agreed with the deployment of the BRP Rajah Humabon to the Scarborough Shoal, but said the government should not go beyond this area. “At least [...]
The deployment of the BRP Rajah Humabon—the Philippines’ only warship—to patrol the seas near Scarborough Shoal is meant to show the country’s resolve to defend its sovereignty over what it considers its undisputed territory, Malacañang said Saturday. On Friday, President Benigno Aquino III said the Philippines “will not be pushed around [just] because we are [...]
The last World War II-era Destroyer Escort/Frigate in active service; one of three ex-USN Cannon-class destroyer escorts that served the Philippine Navy Acquired: Dec. 23, 1978 Commissioned: Feb. 27, 1980 Class and type: Datu Kalantiaw class Type: Destroyer Escort/Frigate Displacement: 1,390 tons standard Length: 93 meters Beam: 11 meters Draft: 2.67 meters Installed power: 5,800 [...]
The Philippines is flexing what little naval muscle it has amid rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea, also called the South China Sea.
