The Philippine Navy will boosts its arsenal as the government is expected to receive two landing heavy vessels from the Australian Navy this year 2015. The Australian Royal Navy confirmed that they will donate decommissioned vessels HMAS Tarakan and HMAS Brunei as soon as it gets new safety and navigation equipment. According to Australian Defense … Read more
The Philippine Military will be having an upgrade projects with a total budget of P7.04 Billion for the year 2015, as the country’s armed forces is set to receive a total of 67 projects, including several air assets and drones. The Department of National Defense (DND) had more than P7 billion projects based upon the … Read more
The Philippine national government already inked a deal with Indonesian ship-builder PT PAL for the construction of the P4-Billion Strategic Sealift Vessel to be used by the Philippine Navy, as part of the country’s modernization program of the Armed Forces. Watch the Specifications of the SSV Made by Indonesia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXc5NA4irVk The Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL, … Read more
The South Korean Navy is scheduled to donate a warship to the Philippine Navy in a move to improve the defense capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), considered as one of the weakest military in the Asian region. South Korea’s Pohang-Class Corvette The donation of Seoul, South Korea was confirmed by South … Read more
The Philippine Navy through the Naval Forces Central personnel are working silently together with Bantayan islands’ Local Government Units (LGU’s) in delivering the relief goods to the people of the northernmost island of Cebu Province. Philippine Navy in Bantayan Island (Photo: Official Gazette) Bantayan is composed of three municipalities namely, Bantayan, Sta. Fe, and Madridejos, … Read more
The country’s newest warship, BRP Ramon Alcaraz p(–foul word(s) removed–)ed by Casiguran, Aurora at around 9:00 AM Friday, after almost 2-month jouney from the United States. The newest acquisition of the Philippines will join the Navy’s flaship BRP Gregorio del Pilar. The BRP Alcaraz underwent a $15.6 million retrofitting and extended refurbishment while the Filipino … Read more
The Philippines newest naval warship, the BRP Ramon Alcaraz made a successful test firing of its main weapon system in the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. The former US Coast Guard Cutter is now under the command of Capt. Ernesto Baldovino, the commanding officer of BRP Alcaraz, according to Capt. Baldovino, the ship … Read more
The lone hero who stood out during the 15 minutes of chaos brought by Cebu Pacific Airbus was already identified as Navy Reservist Lt. Marlon Bo, a graduate of the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy in 2003. Lt. Marlon Bo was first identified as “Captain Bok” by his fellow Cebu Pacific p(–foul word(s) removed–)engers. The identification … Read more