The Takanami-class destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and the multi-role guided missile frigate BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) of the Philippine Navy (PN) hold a bilateral maritime cooperative activity in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Aug. 2, 2024. (Photo:...
A Philippine Navy (PN) personnel aboard BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) observes Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Sazanami (DD 113) during the first Philippines-Japan maritime cooperative activity in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Aug. 2, 2024. (Photo: AFP) Following the joint sail...
United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III (middle) visits the Philippine Navy’s (PN) Naval Operating Base in Subic, Zambales on July 31, 2024. He was accompanied by PN chief Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr. (right most). (Photo: PN) United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III inspected the...
A Vietnamese fishing boat sinks inside the vicinity waters of Quirino (Jackson) Atoll in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). (Photo: Philippine Navy) A Vietnamese fishing boat submerged inside an atoll in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Navy (PN) disclosed on Thursday, Aug. 1. PN...
Philippine Navy The Philippine Navy (PN) said Friday, July 26, that it has initiated its own investigation on the death of one of its civilian kitchen staff who fell from the construction site of the New Senate Building in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City. Commander John Percie Alcos, PN spokesperson,...
Philippine Navy spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad speaks before the media during a press conference at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on July 16, 2024. (Photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG The Philippine Navy (PN) is open...
Philippine Navy spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad (File photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The national government should file another petition against China before the United Nations (UN) over the latter’s recent “harassment” in the West...
A Philippine Navy officer called for justice after disclosing to the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality how she fell victim to identity theft. Philippine Navy Lt. Jessa Mendoza testifies at the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and...
(L-R) Philippine Fleet commander Rear Adm. Renato David and United States 7th Fleet commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher (Photo courtesy of Philippine Fleet) The navies of the Philippines and United States completed its third staff-to-staff talks this week, providing a platform for the troops...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. leads the inauguration of BRP Miguel Malvar (FF06) at the shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in South Korea on June 18, 2024. (Courtesy of DND) The Philippine Navy’s (PN) first and newest missile-guided corvette was...
(File photo) The morale of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) troops remain high even after the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) recent aggression during a rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal which led to a severe injury inflicted on a Philippine Navy (PN)...
(File photo) A member of the Philippine Navy was severely injured when China Coast Guard (CCG) intentionally rammed the supply boats of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that were engaged in a resupply mission at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal on Monday, June 17. Col. Xerxes Trinidad, chief...
