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MANILA, Philippines — Two Chinese naval vessels were spotted off Palawan near an area where Philippine, US and French warships were holding joint sail – on its last day yesterday – as part of the Balikatan exercises.
TWO more Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels were spotted on Monday tailing the Philippine, American and French warships taking part in the «multilateral maritime exercise» (MME) of this year's Balikatan drills. Western Command spokesman Capt. Ariel Joseph Coloma, in a message to the Philippine News Agency, said the PLAN ships were detected some 4 to 5 nautical miles as the participants in the MME were sailing 33 nautical miles northwest of Quezon, Palawan. The PLAN ships, with bow numbers 793 and 167, were reported at around 9 a.m., he added. The Balikatan exercises started on April 25.
LONDON, United Kingdom — A UK ship to house hundreds of US army personnel building a jetty to speed up aid delivery to Gaza has set sail from Cyprus, a UK defense source said Saturday.
MARSEILLE, France -- Some 6,000 police will be deployed for the arrival of the Olympic flame in France next month, authorities said Friday (Saturday, Manila time) as they announced bonuses for security forces to avert threatened industrial action.
MANILA, Philippines — Fish catch around Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal has decreased since the start of the Balikatan exercises, which may have prompted the Chinese to send more vessels to the area and continue harassing Filipino fishermen, a local fishers’ group said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — Two Philippine Navy ships left port yesterday to take part in the Balikatan exercises’ first-ever multilateral naval drills in Philippine waters, along with a US Navy landing ship dock and a French Navy frigate.
MANILA, Philippines — The number of Chinese vessels in Philippine waters – including warships – has significantly increased to more than a hundred in the past three weeks, as the country was preparing for this year’s Balikatan joint military exercise with the US, the Philippine Navy reported yesterday.
WARSHIPS from the United States, Australia, France and the Philippines will sail in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in maritime exercises coinciding with the Balikatan 2024, which begins today, April 22, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said Sunday.