MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy yesterday debunked what it described ... mission to our troops stationed aboard BRP Sierra Madre (LS57) in Ayungin Shoal on 04 March 2025,” the ...

THE Armed Forces (AFP) on Tuesday maintained that the Navy (PN ... manning BRP Sierra Madre (LS-57) beached at the Ayungin Shoal, the National Task Force-West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) Area ...

Not long after forming a grand electoral alliance in 2022, Philippine ... Sierra Madre, Philippine RORE missions have since been successful and unhindered. But since China prohibits ‘large scale’ ...

The scenario centered on a contingency involving a crisis at Second Thomas Shoal, a reef that is occupied by approximately a dozen Philippine marines deployed on the BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated ...

The BRP Sierra Madre (LS ... Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said all actions of the offshore patrol vessel, BRP Apolinario Mabini (PS-36), in Bajo de Masinloc (BDM) are consistent with local and ...

A Philippine ship from World War II sank on Monday hours ahead of a joint military exercise between the United States and the ...

The ship was scheduled to go out in a blaze of glory as a target ship during joint military exercises. The 80-year-old vessel ...

MANILA, Philippines — A World War II-era Philippine Navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and ...

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.

MANILA, Philippines — A World War II-era Philippine navy ship to be used as a target in a combat exercise by American and the Philippine forces accidentally sank Monday hours before the mock ...