Philippine Navy awaits delivery of 5 helicopters
By Frances Mangosing
The Philippine Navy is looking forward to the delivery of five Navy helicopters, three of which are due to arrive in December.
The Philippine Navy is looking forward to the delivery of five Navy helicopters, three of which are due to arrive in December.
Faced with territorial disputes and worries of external and internal threats, President Benigno Aquino III on Tuesday assured that the Philippines can defend itself within its bounds.
Since they were placed behind bars, I have made two visits to the six Navy officers and enlisted men who are charged with murder: Last Sunday and the Sunday before that.
Four officers and two enlisted men are detained at the Philippine Navy camp in Fort Bonifacio for a crime most of their Navy comrades believe they never committed.
Twenty-one fishermen on a fishing boat were rescued by the Philippine Navy after it collided with a tanker in Manila early Tuesday, the Philippine Fleet said.
The Department of National Defense (DND) on Thursday said it had signed a P1.3-billion ($32-million) contract for the acquisition of three Italian-made helicopters for the Philippine Navy, a move that, according to the defense chief, shows a “louder and clearer” intent to modernize the military.
President Aquino has designated Vice Admiral Jose Luis Alano as the Navy’s new flag officer in command.
The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in Bicol on Sunday activated Task Force Pablo, a disaster response group that would undertake search and rescue operation in areas in the region expected to be affected by flooding, landslides and storm surges during the expected landfall of typhoon Bopha, to be locally called “Pablo” in the Philippines.
Navy technical divers Roger Brizuela and Edgar Vergara raised their hands in salute as Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo’s body was slowly being raised to the surface from the plane wreckage at the bottom of the Masbate Pass early Tuesday.
The Philippine Navy rescued 107 people from a sinking vessel off Sibutu Island in Tawi-Tawi on Sunday evening, the Navy said on Monday.
THE Philippine Navy and Coast Guard Retirees Association of the Visayas, Inc. Cebu is celebrating its fourth anniversary tomorrow, June 30.
THE Philippine Navy (PN) is in need of 200 officers and 1,500 enlisted personnel.
The Philippine Navy reported on Wednesday the seizure of two cargo ships loaded with smuggled rice and other merchandise off Sta. Cruz Island here.
