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...
DAVAO CITY – A prominent family donated on Monday, September 11, a land for the new operational headquarters of the Philippine Navy in Sitio Batinao, Barangay Lawigan, Mati City, Davao Oriental. OFFICE of the Presidential Assistant for Mindanao-Eastern (OPAMINE) Leo Tereso A. Magno (left) speaks...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Philippine Navy rescued 175 passengers and crew of a distressed vessel in the sea of Sulu on Saturday, September 9. PASSENGERS of the M/B Queen Shaima are transferred to the BRP Ivatan after they were rescued by a Philippine Navy boat. (Navforwem photo) An Armed...
BRP Valentin Diaz (PS-177) and BRP Ladislao Diwa (PS-178) are officially christened and commissioned to service by the Philippine Navy at the Naval Station Jose Andrada in Manila on Sept. 11, 2023. (Photo by Arnold Quizol / MANILA BULLETIN) The dangerous maneuvers, shadowing, and other aggressive...
The Senate will push for a higher intelligence funds for all government agencies that are mandated to defend the country’s sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea, Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said. Zubiri said this includes the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the...
USS Chinook (PC 9) is accepted by the Philippine Navy after being decommissioned by the United States Navy in Manama, Bahrain on March 28, 2023. It will be commissioned into service and christened as BRP Ladislao Diwa (PS-178) on Sept. 11, 2023 in Manila. (Courtesy of Philippine Navy) Two patrol...
Ten individuals who were alleged victims of human trafficking bound for Malaysia were rescued by joint government forces in Zamboanga City, the Philippine Navy (PN) said Saturday, August 26. Photo courtesy of Naval Forces Western Mindanao The victims were rescued at a wharf in Brgy. Baliwasan,...
