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PH military capable of retrieving grounded Navy ship
'Surface and underwater assessments are being done to come up with the right plan of retrieval,' says AFP Spokesman Colonel Noel Detoyato

PH Navy warship runs aground in Palawan
One of the Philippine Navy's most capable warships, BRP Gregorio Del Pilar, runs aground in the vicinity of Hasa-Hasa Shoal

US State Dep't approves sale of radars for PH warships
The air search radars will enhance the Philippine Navy s maritime domain awareness and enable it to detect and track air contacts

PH Navy's 3rd warship from US set to sail home
FF17 is a significant addition to the Navy s inventory of ships in order to boost the conduct of territorial patrol missions within our exclusive economic zone says the Philippine Navy

Obama vows 'ironclad' commitment to defend PH
UPDATED President Barack Obama announces the transfer of 2 more ships to the Philippine Navy

PH Navy warships to get missile systems
These will help extend the Navy s reach says a navy spokesman

PH, Japan, US conduct naval exercises off West PH Sea
In a theoretical scenario the dummy target in the gunnery exercises could be a ship or an airplane of the enemy

PH's biggest ship off to join war games in Australia
The Philippines is one of 12 countries that will participate in the Kakadu 2014 one of the largest international maritime exercise that happens every 2 years

PH Navy asking for 3rd warship from US
As far as we are now looking at it there will be a positive action for getting a 3rd Del Pilar frigate says Vice Admiral Jose Luis Alano

PH warships also in Leyte
BRP Ramon Alcaraz will have simple commissioning rites so it can join the Yolanda relief efforts in Leyte
PH Navy's 2012 fuel expenses breach P1-B mark
The gasoline oil and lubricants cost triple since 2010 a Commission on Audit report reveals
PH cancels plan to acquire 3rd US cutter
The funds will be used instead to acquire two frigates for the Philippine Navy
New PH warship stays in Subic - for now
The Philippine Navy s newly acquired Hamilton class cutter BRP Ramon Alcaraz will be based at the former US military base in Subic Zambales
Fair winds: Navy's new warship arrives
The gentle waves of Casiguran Aurora welcome the country s latest warship BRP Ramon Alcaraz
Navy's 2nd warship arrives in PH
The Philippine Navy s newly acquired warship BRP Ramon Alcaraz PF16 arrives in the Philipine Area of Responsibility PAR Thursday August 1
PH warship test-fires weapon off Zambales
Philippine Navy warship BRP Gregorio Del Pilar test fires its main weapon off the coast of Zambales near the disputed Scarborough Shoal
PH, US hold war games near Scarborough Shoal
UPDATE The Chinese embassy in Manila released a statement cautioning the Philippines and the US not to exacerbate tensions in the area with its exercises
PH latest warship to defend territory
BRP Ramon Alcaraz PF 16 the Philippines newest warship is set to arrive in Manila in August
30 Chinese vessels, 1 warship sighted in Palawan
The government has already filed a diplomatic protest with the Chinese Embassy in Manila
PH's latest warship starts sea trials
The BRP Ramon Alcaraz PF 16 will set sail for the Philippines before the middle of June
DFA: 3rd Chinese ship in Scarborough leaves
The Chinese ship leaves a day after the Philippines pulled out its biggest warship from the disputed Scarborough Shoal
PH pulls out warship in China standoff
It s possible the ship s need for fuel became a convenient escape for negotiators to ease the tension
Scarborough 'puzzle' a work in progress
Moving forward is how Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario described negotiations on the ongoing stand off between the Philippine Navy and Chinese ships
Navy's fastest ship: BRP Gregorio Del Pilar
The Philippine government bought the Hamilton class cutter early in 2011 for approximately US 13 million Php450 million under the Foreign Military Sales FMS program
PH Navy in standoff with Chinese ships
UPDATED The Philippines flagship navy vessel is in a standoff with 10 Chinese ships off Zambales in the West Philippine Sea
Navy's most modern ship sails to Spratlys
Bought from the US the BRP Gregorio del Pilar is under the Naval Forces Command
PH Navy unveils new assets
Philippine Navy unveils new assets to help strengthen maritime security