Two pilots of the Philippine Navy died when its trainer helicopters crashed at the vicinity of the Cavite City public market on Thursday, April 11. Navy Commander John Percie Alcos said the R22 trainer helicopter was about to make an emergency landing when the incident occurred at around 6 a.m. on...
A part of a trainer helicopter that crashed in Cavite City on April 11 (Photo from PRO4A/MANILA BULLETIN) CAVITE – Two Philippine Navy personnel died when their trainer helicopter crashed in Cavite City on Thursday morning, April 11. The Police Regional Office 4A (PRO 4A) said the...
More multi-country naval activities will be conducted in Philippine waters following what the Armed Forces of the Philippines described as a successful Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) in the West Philippine Sea. Philippine Navy spokesperson Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad said the joint naval...
Senator Robinhood Padilla delivers a specch during the convening ceremony of the Basic Citizen Military Course (BCMC) Class 10-2024 at the Senate Building in Pasay City on April 3, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) The Philippine Navy (PN) said Friday, April 5, that it has begun training 51...
Sen. Francis Tolentino is pushing for the completion of the Philippine Navy (PN) Archipelagic Defense Act and the PN Basing Strategy 2040. Sen. Francis “Tol” N. Tolentino, chairperson of the Special Committee on Philippine Maritime and Admiralty Zones, presides over the public hearing on...
Philippine Navy (PN) Flag Officer in Command, Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr. (middle) attends the steel-cutting and keel-laying ceremony for the PN Corvette Number 1 in Ulsan, South Korea on Nov. 22, 2023 along with representatives of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) The Philippine Navy (PN)...
Vice Admiral Toribio Adaci Jr., Flag Officer in Command of the Philippine Navy (PN) (Photo courtesy of PN) The Philippine Navy (PN) formally integrated into its reserve force 119 volunteers after they finished their basic military training on Saturday, March 10. Vice Adm. Toribio Adaci Jr.,...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Smuggled cigarettes valued at P64 million were seized in the vicinity of Manuk Mangkaw Island, Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, on Saturday, March 9. BOXES of undocumented cigarettes valued at P64 million were seized in sea of Simunul, Tawi-Tawi by the Philippine Navy on March 9....
Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda (Facebook) China has no place in Benham Rise. Thus, said Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, following reports from the Philippine Navy that two Chinese vessels had lingered in Benham Rise, officially known as...
Two alleged Chinese research vessels identified as "Haiyang Dishi Liuhao" and "Haiyang Dizhi Shihao" are monitored sailing across the eastern seaboard of Luzon near the Philippine Rise in this satellite image posted on X (formerly Twitter) by American security analyst Ray Powell on March 1, 2024....
Photo shows BRP Nestor Acero (PG-901, right) and BRP Lolinato To-Ong (PG-902, left) as they are christened at the headquarters of the Philippine Navy in Manila on Nov. 28, 2022. In March 2024, the Philippine Navy will commission two additional missile boats. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA...
Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, Philippine Navy spokesperson for West Philippine Sea, speaks to the media at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on February 27, 2024. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Navy (PN) confirmed that China has been intentionally intercepting the...
