Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro wants to speed up work at Balabac Island, a joint Air Force and Navy base in the southern end of Palawan province.

In June, the former U.S. Coast Guard ship USCGC Mellon —one of 12 Hamilton -class high-endurance cutters—arrived in Vietnam ...

French shipbuilder OCEA is planning to increase its footprint in the Philippines to maintain and construct Manila's Coast ...

Philippine Coast Guard photo A Chinese flotilla of cutters, warships and maritime militia harassed Philippine government vessels resupplying fishermen at Scarborough Shoal on Friday.

Philippine defense officials launched the first in a new class of offshore patrol vessels in South Korea this week. Named for a 16th-century Filipino hero, BRP Rajah Solayman (PS20) is the first ...

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced Thursday that it has held the launch ceremony for the first of six offshore patrol vessels ordered by the Philippine Navy, marking a significant step in ...

THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has christened the BRP Rajah Sulayman, the first of its class of Offshore Patrol Vessels, on Thursday in Ulsan, South Korea. Present at the christening were ...

MANILA – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday announced that it has officially launched the BRP Rajah Sulayman (PS-20) in Ulsan, South Korea on June 11. The BRP Rajah ...

Brawner, in his remarks, pointed out the strategic importance of the launch, especially its role in advancing the Philippines’ maritime defense. “The launch of Offshore Patrol Vessel No. 1, the BRP ...

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced on the 11th that it held a launching ceremony for the 2,400-ton Philippine offshore patrol vessel RAJAH SULAYMAN at its headquarters in Ulsan.

In a significant move toward strengthening national sovereignty and advancing defense modernization, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) unveiled ...

The ship was built as a patrol vessel for the U.S. Navy in the 1940s and was transferred to Vietnam’s navy before the Philippine military acquired it, Philippine navy Capt. John Percie Alcos said.