An 80-plus year old law has allowed the Philippine Army near-unquestioned dominance over the military. That has to change. The staff-to-staff talks come ahead of 2020 which will put the focus on ...

Philippine forces have staged drills that included seizing an island in the South China Sea as Chinese navy ships kept watch from a distance THITU ISLAND, South China Sea -- Philippine forces ...

The Navy’s fifth and sixth gunboats are expected to be commissioned soon under hull numbers PG906 and PG907, joining the other four which are under the Philippine Fleet’s Littoral Combat Force.

Philippine Navy personnel aboard the Rigid-Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) demonstrate a boat transfer exercise from the BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16) during the simulated island seizure exercise as part ...

The Philippine navy chief said that the country plans to procure 15 more Shaldag Mark V gunboats, in addition to the nine it has already ordered. According to the Philippines' defense secretary ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy confirmed yesterday the presence of two Chinese research or survey ships within the ...

THITU ISLAND, South China Sea — Philippine forces practised retaking an island in the South China Sea Wednesday in the first such combat exercise in the disputed waters as Chinese navy ships ...