Tag: warships

Carpio: PHL should require warships passing through to turn on ID system

(Eagle News)–For Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, the Philippines should require warships passing through the country’s territorial sea to keep their automatic identification system on. Carpio issued the statement after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana revealed some Chinese vessels that passed through Sibutu Strait in Tawi-Tawi had their AIS turned off. According to Carpio, these vessels are passing through our territorial seas after all. “Because they are passing through our waters and they should […]

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DND chief alarmed 4 Chinese warships passed thru PHL territorial waters without notifying gov’t

  (Eagle News) – At various times since February, at least four Chinese warships have passed through the Philippine territorial waters, particularly at the Sibutu Strait which is near Tawi-Tawi, alarming the Department of National Defense. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana himself brought this up with the Chinese ambassador Zhao Jianhua when they met during President Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday, July 22. Lorenzana, during the turnover of new assets of […]

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NGOs urge Spain not to sell warships to Saudi Arabia

  MADRID, Spain (AFP) — A coalition of NGOs on Wednesday urged Spain not to sign off on a planned sale of warships to Saudi Arabia during an upcoming visit to Madrid by the kingdom’s crown prince. The “Arms Under Control” collective, which includes Amnesty International, Oxfam and Greenpeace, also called on Spain to stop exporting arms to the Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen, where thousands of civilians have been killed. During his […]

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Philippines, US hold joint patrol in southern waters

Philippine and United States warships on Saturday conducted a joint patrol of southern waters known as a hunting ground for local Muslim militants, amid rising concern over Islamic militancy and piracy in the region. The US Navy combat ship USS Coronado and the Philippine frigate BRP Ramon Alcaraz carried out their joint patrol of the Sulu Sea, a body of water off the southern Philippines where militant groups have carried out kidnappings, a US embassy statement said. […]

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Japan submarine, warships make a port visit to the Phillippines

MANILA, Philippines (Reuters) — A Japanese submarine and two escort warships made a port visit to the Philippines on Sunday (April 3) in a show of growing military ties between the two nations. Officials from the Philippine navy welcomed the Japanese training submarine JS Oyashio, along with the destroyer class ships JS Ariake and JS Setogiri. It was the first visit of a Japanese submarine to the Philippines in 15 years. “This is just an […]

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Vietnam warships visit Philippines amid South China Sea dispute

(Reuters) – Vietnam on Tuesday showed off its two most powerful warships in the first-ever port call to the Philippines but an official said it was not trying to challenge China’s superior naval forces amid tension in the South China Sea. Hanoi invited the diplomatic community to its Russian-built missile-guided frigates docked in Manila Bay at the start of a three-day goodwill visit. China lays claim to almost all of the entire South China Sea, believed to be […]

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