LinkAsia
| Feb 25, 2013
Tubbataha Reef in the Philippines is UNESCO's only Marine World Heritage Site in Southeast Asia. That's why the outcry was so severe when an American minesweeper ship, the USS Guardian, ran aground on the reef and became completely stuck. Contribu...
LinkAsia
| May 18, 2012
Tensioned heightened this week between China and the Philippines over a disputed island chain, called Scarborough Shoal in the Philippines and Huangyan Island in China. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reports on the country's warning to Chinese tou...
LinkAsia
| May 18, 2012
LinkAsia host Sydnie Kohara speaks with Stanford University's Don Emmerson about what options Manila has in its confrontation with China. Emmerson calls for a universal code of conduct on future disputes between Southeast Asian nations and China i...
LinkAsia
| May 1, 2012
The Chinese and Russian navies have just wrapped up a six-day joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea, war games that some say are a response to the US-Philippines naval drills in the South China Sea. State broadcaster CCTV has China's perspective.
LinkAsia
| Jul 15, 2011
The US has entered the dispute over territorial boundaries in the South China Sea, participating in military exercises with the Philippine Navy. Next up are exercises with Vietnam, and China isn't happy about that. Footage from Reuters.
— May 10 at 03:50 am
...Taiwan's coast guard said it was trying to verify reports that it was a Philippine Navy vessel. The Philippines and Taiwan, along with Brunei, C...
— May 21 at 10:30 am
...cutter acquired by the Navy, will arrive from the United States in August. Complete stories on our Digital Edition newsstand for tablets, netboo...
The Philippine Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and one of the three uniformed services of the Republic of the Philippines. It has an estimated of 24,000 active personnel and operates 101 ships in active service.
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