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After setbacks, PH Navy completes Middle East, India, Sri Lanka mission
Naval Task Force 82 set out to evacuate Filipinos from impending war in the Middle East but ended up facing a pandemic, a super cyclone, and engine fire. Now, they're finally home.

PH Navy ships head home from India after super storm, repairs
On the way, the BRP Davao del Sur and the BRP Ramon Alcaraz will stop by Sri Lanka to pick up more stranded Filipinos

PH Navy ship that caught fire returns to India, U.S. Navy to help in repairs
(UPDATED) With the BRP Ramon Alcaraz staying behind in India for repairs, the BRP Davao del Sur will sail to the Philippines without an escort, carrying 20 Filipino repatriates and a cargo of 200,000 face masks

Fire breaks out on PH Navy ship hours after leaving India
Two Navy sailors on the BRP Ramon Alcaraz sustain second-degree burns, and will be treated at a hospital in Cochin, India, where the Philippine Navy picked up stranded Filipinos and a cargo of 200,000 face masks

Philippines sends BRP Ramon Alcaraz off to ASEAN-U.S. naval drills
The Philippine Navy will participate in the first ever maritime exercises between the United States and ASEAN member states, as the region pushes back against China's expansionism

PH, U.S. navies complete patrol in Sulu Sea
The joint patrol is upon the invitation of the Philippine government and comes amid the clashes between government troops and local terrorists in Marawi City

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Philippine Navy sends warship to patrol Benham Rise
UPDATED Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana says the navy will now regularly patrol the underwater plateau located in the country s eastern border

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

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

PH warship arrives in Australia: Scenes when it crossed the equator
The Crossing the Equator Ceremony is a tradition among sailors that dates back a thousand of years

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

Maiden voyage of PH's most capable warship
The mood is somber far from the celebration last August when the 40 year old refurbished Hamilton class cutter arrived in the Philippines from the US
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
PH vows intensified sea patrols
Aquino: Now that BRP Alcaraz has arrived we will surely intensify our patrols in the Philippines exclusive economic zone
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 latest warship to defend territory
BRP Ramon Alcaraz PF 16 the Philippines newest warship is set to arrive in Manila in August
PH's latest warship starts sea trials
The BRP Ramon Alcaraz PF 16 will set sail for the Philippines before the middle of June