MERGED: RP-China Territorial Dispute, Related Events and Updates

[diatabz]

The US will not go up against China. Their economy depends on china as well.

And vice versa. Who is China's biggest market? The US.

[bOmbOm]

unya unsaon nlang ni d man gusto ato mga fellow filipino(mga binayran) nga naa ang US diri sa atong nasud!!

Filipino protesters throw paint at main gate of US Embassy to demand end of military drills - The Washington Post

haskang amawa, wa gyud ko kasabot sa mga pangutok aning mga grupoha..

[toledocallcenter]

mao gyud grabe ka bogo ani mga nag rally!!

[hulagway]

mao na usa sa maka pa gubot nato..ang US nga nitabang nato maoy rallyhan,,ang china noon nga ng bully nato,walay gibuhat...

[messerchtmitt]

These people (rallyist/leftist) are rubbish in our society, they should be put to jail or shoot-to-kill.

[diatabz]

Oops wrong post.

[prifuzu]

"Philippines to acquire 2nd US warship soon
(philstar.com) Updated April 17, 2012 12:01 PM

MANILA, Philippines - The second United States warship to be acquired by the Philippines will arrive in the second quarter, the Department of National Defense (DND) said Tuesday.

“Within the year, we will acquire that. The US government said we will be able to get it. Maybe in the second quarter, we will acquire it,” DND Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said in a press briefing today.

Gazmin made the statement amid the ongoing standoff in the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal which began last week when Philippine Navy troops boarded and inspeated eight Chinese private fishing vessels and found illegally-collected giant clams, live sharks and corals among the fishermen's catch.

Gazmin, however, said the military’s modernization efforts have nothing to do with the Philippines’ territorial row with China.

“The (capability upgrade) program is not directed towards China. We are doing this to improve our capability and to do our responsibilities and duties in protecting territorial areas both land and sea,” Gazmin said.

Panatag Shoal is 124 nautical miles from the nearest base point in Zambales. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Panatag Shoal falls within the Philippines’ 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone.

The Philippines has protested the action of China, which responded by claiming that the area falls within its territory. The failure to apprehend the Chinese fishermen has been blamed on the Philippines’ lack of naval capabilities.

Washington has earlier promised that it would help improve Manila’s capability in securing Philippine maritime borders. The BRP del Pilar is the first warship provided by the United States to the Philippine Navy. It arrived in the country’s territory last year.

The second warship, the 45-year old USS Dallas, was commissioned by the US Coast Guard in 1967.

The transfer cost for the USS Dallas is expected to be close to the P450 million spent for the acquisition of BRP del Pilar. Alexis Romero and J. Marce" - Philippine Star


---kaluoy ba jud sa atong country uy samot na atong military, ang BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15) intawon ang atong pinakakusog nga naval ship sa Philippine Navy, 2nd hand dayun karaan. Frigate ra gane na. Kumpara sa China, mura raman tingale na'g toothpick pag mu tira. Kung dako jud kaayo ma improve tungod sa AFP modernization program within years, kaya man nato. Dili man pod basta2 ang training, samot na sa PMA kay heavily based rapod na siya sa West Point sa US ang kulang lang jud nato is the advanced technologies.

[elvandesantos]

Philippines to acquire 2nd US warship soon
(philstar.com) Updated April 17, 2012 12:01 PM

MANILA, Philippines - The second United States warship to be acquired by the Philippines will arrive in the second quarter, the Department of National Defense (DND) said Tuesday.

“Within the year, we will acquire that. The US government said we will be able to get it. Maybe in the second quarter, we will acquire it,” DND Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said in a press briefing today.

Gazmin made the statement amid the ongoing standoff in the Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal which began last week when Philippine Navy troops boarded and inspeated eight Chinese private fishing vessels and found illegally-collected giant clams, live sharks and corals among the fishermen's catch.

Gazmin, however, said the military’s modernization efforts have nothing to do with the Philippines’ territorial row with China.

“The (capability upgrade) program is not directed towards China. We are doing this to improve our capability and to do our responsibilities and duties in protecting territorial areas both land and sea,” Gazmin said.

Panatag Shoal is 124 nautical miles from the nearest base point in Zambales. Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Panatag Shoal falls within the Philippines’ 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone.

The Philippines has protested the action of China, which responded by claiming that the area falls within its territory. The failure to apprehend the Chinese fishermen has been blamed on the Philippines’ lack of naval capabilities.

Washington has earlier promised that it would help improve Manila’s capability in securing Philippine maritime borders. The BRP del Pilar is the first warship provided by the United States to the Philippine Navy. It arrived in the country’s territory last year.

The second warship, the 45-year old USS Dallas, was commissioned by the US Coast Guard in 1967.

The transfer cost for the USS Dallas is expected to be close to the P450 million spent for the acquisition of BRP del Pilar. Alexis Romero and J. Marce


---kaluoy ba jud sa atong country uy samot na atong military, ang BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15) intawon ang atong pinakakusog nga naval ship sa Philippine Navy, 2nd hand dayun karaan. Frigate ra gane na. Kumpara sa China, mura raman tingale na'g toothpick pag mu tira. Kung dako jud kaayo ma improve tungod sa AFP modernization program within years, kaya man nato. Dili man pod basta2 ang training, samot na sa PMA kay heavily based rapod na siya sa West Point sa US ang kulang lang jud nato is the advanced technologies.

pls post source kay kay d ikaw nagsuwat sa article, give due respect..

anyway, BRP Gregorio del Pilar is the biggest..dili pinakakusgan.. not even the most modern.. probably goes to the cyclone class or the jacinto class and is way way way younger!

[balipseyev]

These old 378 cutters (Hamilton Class) may not be brand new or modern, but they are the best ships we could acquire to patrol WPS, most frigates have 9,000 NM endurance these cutters have 14,000 NM endurance...

[Joseph20102011]

anyway, BRP Gregorio del Pilar is the biggest..dili pinakakusgan.. not even the most modern.. probably goes to the cyclone class or the jacinto class and is way way way younger!

Any single Chinese submarine could destroy our Navy ship.