China Shadows Philippine Sea Exercise
China’s navy vessels tailed the Philippines’ joint maritime exercise with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United States in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Armed Forces of the Philippines…
USNS City of Bismarck Arrives in Legazpi
Pacific Partnership. Community Outreach, Navy, Philippines, Strengthening Partnerships, PP24-2 The expeditionary fast transport ship USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF 9) arrived at the Port of Legazpi in preparation for the…
Exercise Pitch Black 2024 Takes Off
Australia’s biggest international air combat training activity, Exercise Pitch Black, will take to the skies over the Northern Territory from 12 July to 2 August. With approximately 140 aircraft and…
Israel Shipyards Ltd & Philippine Navy Collaboration
Exciting times at Israel Shipyards Ltd as their collaboration with the Philippine Navy marks a significant achievement! After we renewed the naval shipyard in Cavite and pioneered the SHALDAG MK…
Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Visits Manila
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and Arleigh…
Philippines-Australia Maritime Cooperative Activity
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) successfully completed the PH-Aus Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) on November 27, 2023. The three-day activity, which featured…
Canada’s Dark Vessel Detection System for Philippines
The Philippines will receive November 20th Canada’s dark vessel detection system that it could use for free for the next five years. In an announcement on Saturday, the office of…
ASPI: China’s Philippine Actions Play Into Washington’s Hands
On 22 October, two separate collisions took place near Second Thomas Shoal, an underwater feature that an international tribunal in 2016 ruled is part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone…
CCGV 5203 Deliberately Collides With Philippine Ship
ð’ð“ð€ð“ð„ðŒð„ðð“ ðŽð… ð“ð‡ð„ ðð€ð“ðˆðŽðð€ð‹ ð“ð€ð’ðŠ ð…ðŽð‘ð‚ð„ ð…ðŽð‘ ð“ð‡ð„ ð–ð„ð’ð“ ðð‡ðˆð‹ðˆðððˆðð„ ð’ð„ð€ ðŸðŸ ðŽðœðð¨ð›ðžð« ðŸðŸŽðŸðŸ‘ At around 0604H this morning, while conducting a regular and routine Rotation and Resupply (RORE) mission…
Multinational Philippine Exercise Sama Sama 2023
The U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Armed Forces of the Philippines joined allies to commence the seventh iteration of exercise Sama Sama in the city of Manila, Philippines, October Oct.…