Tag: Maritime Drills

PCG, BFAR preparing for second leg of maritime exercises in Benham Rise, Batanes

(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources are preparing for the second leg of their comprehensive maritime exercises. The second leg will be held in the Batanes Group of Islands and the Benham Rise (Philippine Rise), the undersea landmass in the Pacific Ocean which China has also claimed. Based on the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, though, Benham Rise, also known as Benham […]

Philippines and Japan plan joint maritime drills in West Philippine Sea

MANILA, Philippines, June 9 (Eagle News) — The Philippines and Japan plan to conduct joint maritime drills in the West Philippine Sea, with Japan sending its Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and surveillance aircraft. According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, this is the first formal joint military exercise conducted by both countries. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)