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PASAY CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang magiging guest-of-honor at speaker sa ika-isangdaan at dalawampung founding anniversary ng Philippine Navy ngayong araw, Mayo 22. Ayon Kay Navy Spokesperson Capt. Lued Lincuna, isasagawa ang event sa Coconut Palace, Cultural Center of the Philippine (CPP) Complex sa Pasay City, mamayang alas dos ng hapon (2:00 PM). Ang tema para sa anibersaryo ngayong taon ay “Protecting The Seas, Securing Our Future.”
(Eagle News)–The Philippine Navy received its first-ever ship-borne missile systems, the Department of National Defense said on Wednesday, May 2. Defense spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said the Spike-ER short range surface-to-surface missiles for its multi-purpose attack craft (MPAC) were “now undergoing Integration Phase under the guidance of the proponent, Rafael of Israel.” The missiles were apart from the Typhoon MLS-ER launchers and Mini Typhoon 12.77mm remote-controlled weapon systems, the Navy said. The country has allocated P125 billion […]
(Eagle News) — Animnapu’t pitong (67) milyong pisong halaga ng puslit na bigas mula vietnam ang nasabat ng Naval Forces Western Mindanao sa Olutanga Island, Zamboanga Sibugay. Sinabi ni Rear Admiral Rene Medina, Commander ng Naval Forces Western Mindanao, naharang ng Naval Task Force 61 ang isang Mongolian-flagged cargo ship na MV Diamond 8 na nag-diskarga ng mahigit dalawampu’t pitong libong (27,000) sako ng bigas o nasa kabuuang 1,359 metrikong tonelada. Inakala aniya ng BRP […]
(Eagle News)–A fisherman who had been adrift in the West Philippine Sea for three days was rescued by the Philippine Navy on Friday, the Western Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines said. Albert Carcuevas of Rizal, Palawan was rescued in the vicinity of Dalagang Bukid Shoal, Wescom said in a statement. Carcuevas was fishing in Rizal when his boat encountered engine trouble, and ended up drifting toward the area. He told authorities he had […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday, March 21 said he opposed the proposal to make the Philippine Marines a separate entity from the Philippine Navy. “The Philippine Marine Corps is basically a ground force and as such, they are now deployed as an infantry force in Mindanao. Making them a separate service doing the same function as the Army will mean there will be two ground forces in the country,” Lorenzana […]
(Eagle News) — The warship that was procured under the Philippine Navy’s controversial frigate acquisition project will be delivered in 2020. This was the revelation of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on the sidelines of a hearing by the House Committee on National Defense and Security on the deal. “So it is continuing now…. Medyo made-delay lang ng six months, but it will be delivered,” he told reporters. During the hearing, Lorenzana noted that the […]
(Eagle News) – Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the Philippines should learn how to produce its own defense equipment in order to ensure its military capabilities. Lorenzana made the pronouncement during Monday’s Senate hearing on the Frigate Acquisition Project (FAP). According to Lorenzana, as long as the country sub-contracts the equipment, which includes the Combat Management System (CMS), the Philippines could not prevent other nations from knowing about its capabilities. “We produce our own CMS, everything, so […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Assistant Christopher “Bong” Go criticized media outlets who wrote that he had intervened in the frigate deal, calling them purveyors of “fake news” and of irresponsible reporting. Go also dared Rappler and the Philippine Daily Inquirer to publish what really happened in the Senate inquiry on Monday where the presidential assistant insisted on his innocence, as he stressed that he did not intervene in the deal at all. “Ang pinag-uusapan ngayon […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that President Rodrigo Duterte personally monitored the appearance of Special Assistant to the President Bong Go in the Senate hearing regarding the controversial frigate deal. It is President Duterte himself who ordered Go to attend the hearing in order to clarify the matter, especially the allegations made by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, on the frigate deal. “Expect Secretary Go to tell all, and as […]
(Eagle News) — The Senate committee on national defense and security will invite Secretary Delfin Lorenzana to its probe into the Navy’s P15.5-billion frigate acquisition project. Senator Panfilo Lacson, one of the committee’s vice chairs,” said in a radio interview over dzbb that apart from Lorenzana, former Navy Flag Officer in Command Vice Admiral Ronald Joseph Mercado and newly installed FOIC Rear Admiral Robert Empedrad would be invited. Earlier, the Senate said Bong Go, who was alleged […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of National Defense on Friday welcomed the Senate’s possible probe into the P15.7-billion frigate acquisition project. “We have long been waiting for the opportunity to shed light on this issue so that the truth will finally be known,” Defense spokesperson Dir. Arsenio Andolong said in a brief statement. Earlier, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana defended Bong Go from allegations he intervened in the project, particularly in the bidding for the Combat […]
(Eagle News) — Two lawmakers on Friday said attempts to implicate Special Assistant to the President Bong Go in the allegedly anomalous P15.7-billion frigate acquisition project were nothing more but part of a “desperate hack job against President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration.” In a statement, Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles said he and his brother Assistant Majority Leader Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles were “convinced” about this, considering that the “issue was raised out […]
