(Photo by Naval Forces Southern Luzon, Philippine Navy) The Philippine Navy (PN) and the United States Navy (USN) have enhanced their interoperability as they achieved their training objectives with the conclusion of the Philippines - United States (PH-US) Exercise "SAMA SAMA" over the weekend amid...
Fishermen cast their net as a floating marker serving as a barrier is installed by Chinese vessels at Bajo de Masinloc on Sept. 20, 2023. (Photo by PCG) Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff, General Romeo Brawner Jr. refuted the claims of China Coast Guard (CCG) that it drove away a...
Foreign ambassadors lauded the “SAMA SAMA” multilateral naval exercise in the seas off Southern Luzon in an effort to establish a rules-based order that ensures peace and stability in a region vital to global trade and commerce. (From left, front row) US Navy Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of...
Vice Adm. Karl Thomas, commander of US Navy's 7th Fleet (Photo by Philippine Navy) Exercise "SAMA SAMA", a naval exercise between the Philippine Navy (PN) and United States Navy (USN), will help keep the Indo-Pacific "free and open" for all countries, a high-ranking USN officer said, amid security...
The Philippine Navy (PN) will host a bilateral naval exercise with the United States Navy (USN) dubbed as "Exercise SAMASAMA" next month. Slated from October 2 to 13, Exercise SAMASAMA "aims to further strengthen international defense cooperation and advance a rules-based international order,"...
General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), rallied Philippine Navy (PN) personnel to defend the country's territory and rights amid various challenges in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Brawner made the call during his visit at the Navy headquarters in...
Philippine Navy guided-missile frigate BRP Antonio Luna (FF151) and Canadian Halifax-class frigate HMCS Ottawa (FFH341) complete a bilateral sail in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Sept. 21, 2023. (Photo by Armed Forces of the Philippines) Philippine Navy (PN) guided-missile frigate BRP Antonio...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Authorities rescued more than 100 human trafficking victims who were made to endure forced labor in Tubalubac Island, Barangay Aluh Bunah, Pangutaran, Sulu on Tuesday, September 19. A Philippine Navy report said the victims were rescued inside the house of a certain...
Law enforcers rescued a total of 123 trafficking-in-persons (TIPs) in Pangutaran, Sulu after they were allegedly forced to use illegal drugs so they could endure the harsh working condition that they were subjected to, the Philippine Navy (PN) disclosed on Wednesday, Sept. 20. The victims were...
Authorities confiscate boxes of allegedly smuggled cigarettes worth P1..84 million from Indonesian watercraft KM Pejuang Devisa 2 off Sarangani, Davao Occidental on Sept. 14, 2023. (Photo by Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao) The Philippine Navy (PN) said on Saturday, Sept. 16, that it has intercepted...
A maritime defense expert has expressed his doubts that China would abide by the prospective Code of Conduct (COC) on the South China Sea that may be drafted by ASEAN, considering its refusal to follow the 2016 Arbitral and other regulations stipulated in the United Nations Convention on the...
A Canadian navy ship equipped with advanced weapon and sensor systems arrived in the Philippines on Thursday, Sep. 14, as one of the three vessels that Ottawa is sending to the country to flex its military might in the Indo-Pacific. The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)'s HMCS Ottawa docked at the Subic...
