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BRP Apolinario Mabini apprehends Chinese poachers
Saturday , 3, December 2011 BRP Apolinario Mabini (PS-36), Jacinto class, Philippine Navy, Ships Leave a commentTweetThe Philippine Daily Inquirer reported that the BRP Apolinario Mabini (PS-36), a Jacinto class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), apprehended five Chinese national for illegal fishing. The five were spotted on a speedboat 1.5 nautical miles from the coastal village of Ramos, Balabac and were captured after a chase. Five live and three dead marine turtles […]
BRP Jose Loor rescues cargo vessel
Thursday , 24, November 2011 Andrada class patrol gunboats, BRP Jose Loor (PG-390), Philippine Navy, Ships Leave a commentTweetThe Philippine Star reported that the BRP Jose Loor (PG-390), an Andrada class patrol gun boat, rescued 4 officers and 17 crew members of a cargo vessel that had been drifting off the waters of Misamis Oriental for 3 days. The vessel, the M/V Richard Rey, is owned by Cebu-based Fortune Sea Carrier, Inc. For […]
Indigenous LCU (BU-296) arrives in Manila
Thursday , 17, November 2011 AFP modernization, Philippine Navy, Self-Reliant Defense Posture, Ships 1 CommentTweetThe largest locally-built navy vessel has arrived in Metro Manila. The BU-346, provisionally named “BRP Tagbanua” arrived from the Philippine Iron Construction & Marine Works (PICMW) shipyard on a voyage that also served as its sea trial. According to AFP sources, the results were deemed satisfactory. This vessel commissioned later this month, long with BRP […]
PG-384 seizes hot logs
Thursday , 17, November 2011 Andrada class patrol gunboats, BRP Leovigildo Gantioque (PG-384), Philippine Navy, Ships Leave a commentTweetThe Philippine Navy reported that BRP Leovigildo Gantioque (PG-384), an Andrada Class patrol gunboat, apprehended a suspicious watercraft, identified as M/L Lady Luck, in the waters off Parang, Sulu with a cargo of illegally cut lumber. Subsequent inspection of the cargo at the pier of Jolo by representatives of DENR-Sulu and PN Naval Task Force […]
PG-395 in Gunnex
Wednesday , 16, November 2011 Andrada class patrol gunboats, BRP Felix Apolinario (PG-395), Philippine Navy, Ships Leave a commentTweetBRP Felix Apolinario (PG-395), an Andrada class patrol gunboat, will be conducting a gunnery exercise off Surigao del Norte. Details are available on the following Coast Guard Notice to Mariners (NOTAM): Notice To Mariners No. 206-2011 Notice is hereby given to all mariners and other parties concerned that: 1. Reference: Philippine Navy Radio Message Cite […]
AFP receives Humvee ambulances
Monday , 14, November 2011 Philippine Army, Philippine Navy Leave a commentTweetThe AFP officially received 23 new High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV), commonly called “Humvees” in Ambulance configuration. 19 of these vehicles were given to the Philippine Army, while 4 were assigned to the Philippine Marines. The vehicles were acquired through a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) transaction and is the culmination of an effort the […]
Jacinto weapons test
Thursday , 10, November 2011 BRP Emilio Jacinto (PS-35), Philippine Navy, Ships Leave a commentTweetBRP Emilio Jacinto (PS-35), a Jacinto class OPV, will be conducting a naval gun test firing off Bataan. Details are available on the following Coast Guard Notice to Mariners (NOTAM).
PN LCU to sail on maiden voyage
Thursday , 10, November 2011 AFP modernization, Philippine Navy, Self-Reliant Defense Posture Leave a commentTweetAccording to the following Notice to Mariners (NOTAM), the Philippine Navy’s latest Landing Craft Utility (LCU) — a breakthrough for SRDP — will conducting its maiden voyag/sea trials on November 10 to 11 by sailing from the PICMW shipyard in Jasaan, Misamis Oriental to Navotas from November 10 to 11, 2011. For details about the […]
PN confirms Dallas as next WHEC
Wednesday , 9, November 2011 AFP modernization, External defense, WHEC Leave a commentTweet The Philippine Navy officially acknowledged on its Website that it had sent a Joint Visual Inspection (JVI) team to the US, from October 31 to November 5, to inspect the USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716) in Charleston, North Carolina. This confirms the PN press release shared on the Timawa.net forum on November 7, 2011 at 10:53 […]
Gun test for an Andrada
Friday , 4, November 2011 BRP Anastacio Cacayorin (PG-387), Philippine Navy, Ships Leave a commentTweetBRP Anastacio Cacayorin (PG-387) , an Andrada class patrol gunboat, will be conducting a gunnery exercise off Bataaan. Details are available on the following Coast Guard Notice to Mariners (NOTAM): Notice To Mariners No. 200-2011 Wednesday, 02 November 2011 16:44 Notice is hereby given to all mariners and other parties concerned that: 1. Reference: Philippine […]