BRING back the U.S. Air Base!!!

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Philippines to receive 10 new patrol ships from Japan


Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - The Philippines is acquiring 10 brand new patrol ships from Japan to boost the country⿿s territorial defense in the West Philippine Sea.

⿿Japan is offering assistance [to boost] our maritime capability,⿝ Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin told reporters in a phone interview.

Vice Admiral Edmund Tan of the Philippine Coast Guard said the patrol ships will be used by the PCG.

The loan is now for approval of the National Economic Development Authority, Tan said.

Asked when the ships would arrive in the Philippines, Tan said it would depend on the ⿿processing⿝ of the papers.

⿿There⿿s still no approval,⿝ he told reporters by phone. ⿿We have to go to the process.⿝

Tan did not discuss further details.

In March, weeks before a standoff between China and Philippines began in the Scarborough Shoal, media reports in South Korea and Japan said Tokyo would provide the Philippines with patrol ships by year⿿s end.

The Japanese embassy in the Philippines on Thursday, however, said Tokyo has ⿿not yet officially decided⿝ if it would provide patrol vessels to Manila.

nice development................cobra king.

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Dili mosugot ang mga Leftist sa gobyerno nga ibalik ang U.S. Bases kay what they were fighting for since Hukbalahap is now on their reach ... they are now seated near the central philippine government and they have the power ... gamay na lang they will have their "take over" haha ... maybe they need the chinese military as back up ... Kick the chinese out of our territory before it is too late! But Pnoy will never do that ... don't you think it is now the moment to have a strong, patriotic and statesman president?

Are you saying that NOYNOY is A LEFTIST?

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uNSA na ang update sa Scarborough Shoal.........

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uNSA na ang update sa Scarborough Shoal.........

China continued to flex its maritime muscle by keeping 21 vessels and 76 other smaller boats at the disputed Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal while holding talks with Philippine officials to end the nearly seven-week tense standoff in the area, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Wednesday.

DFA: China keeps sending ships to Panatag Shoal amid talks with PHL officials | GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere

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DFA: China keeps sending ships to Panatag Shoal amid talks with PHL officials | GMA News Online | The Go-To Site for Filipinos Everywhere

Ahaka god ani......Kutob ra man ta ani sa Istorya way lihok.

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Gubaton nalang nato ni tingali.....Di ba NOY?

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ahhhhh........................KADAGHANA na god aning mga Intsik nga Lumad nga naa sa SCARBOROUGH SHOAL.....

ahaka ani god.......

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Gubaton nalang ni nato mga bro unsa man?

Mawa man sad ang atong pgka PINOY ani......

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Kaliwat god tang LAPULAPU......

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uNSA na ang update sa Scarborough Shoal.........

China to PHL: Cease all provocations, show sincerity

China on Thursday ignored the Philippines' call for it to withdraw from the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and instead urged Filipino officials to show "sincerity" in resolving the month-old row diplomatically.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei claimed the Philippines' "provocative actions" in the area prompted China to beef up its presence there.

"We again urge the Philippines to seriously respect China's territory sovereignty, cease all their provocations, and show its sincerity of making serious diplomatic dialogues with China," Hong said in a news article posted Thursday night on the Chinese government's web portal.

The Philippines earlier reported an increase in the number of Chinese ships in the disputed area, and demanded that Chinese vessels withdraw from the area.

The standoff started last April when Philippine authorities spotted Chinese fishermen taking marine species in the area but were blocked by Chinese vessels when they tried to move in and make arrests.

Both sides declared their respective fishing bans in the area earlier this month.

However, Hong reiterated that Huangyan Island - the name it uses to refer to the shoal - is an inherent part of Chinese territory.

Also, he insisted a Philippine warship's "harassment" of Chinese fishermen had singularly caused the incident.

He said China lodged several representations to the Philippine side, urging it to withdraw its ships from the waters in the area.

"China has been trying to resolve the current standoff through diplomatic consultations," he stressed.

But Hong claimed the Philippines has kept taking "provocative actions" in the South China Sea, which it said forced China "to beef up vigilance" in the area.

He said the Philippines' behavior aroused China's suspicion over its sincerity of properly resolving the incident. — ELR, GMA News