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Philippines looks at India for military modernising, envoy lays out the roadmap
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Philippines looks at India for military modernising, envoy lays out the roadmap

New Delhi: Amid its maritime tensions with China and its plans to modernise its military as a deterrence, Philippines envoy to India Josel Francisco Ignacio told ThePrint in an interview that defence cooperation is a key element of growing bilateral ties.Noting that both India and Philippines have convergence on key security issues, he said that defence cooperation being implemented is more than just acquisitions of military equipment. “Defence equipment acquisitions from India is just one aspect of a larger defence relationship. That is also very rapidly rising and expanding. We have military education and training. I am happy to say we have Filipino cadets in Dehradun and Chennai in Indian military academies,” Ignacio told ThePrint in an interview here in the national capital. ...
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Philippines & China create dialogue mechanism to calm down tempers over territorial dispute
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Philippines & China create dialogue mechanism to calm down tempers over territorial dispute

New Delhi: The Republic of the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China have taken steps to de-escalate the situation in the South China Sea through existing channels of communication and mechanisms, ThePrint has learnt. People familiar with the matter told ThePrint that mechanisms created between the two countries have been employed to reduce tensions between Beijing (capital of China) and Manila (capital of the Philippines) after an incident on 17 June.  The Philippines claimed that on 17 June, a Chinese coast guard vessel intentionally rammed into one of the country’s ships and seriously injured a sailor near the Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the South China Sea. Beijing denied the allegations and claimed that it was the Philippine supply ship that “dangerously” and ...
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BrahMos a wonderful symbol but Philippines lacks capability to operate, says Ashley Tellis
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BrahMos a wonderful symbol but Philippines lacks capability to operate, says Ashley Tellis

New Delhi: The sale of BrahMos missiles is a remarkable contribution to the security of the Philippines, but the country is not yet fully equipped to start operating it, said Tata Chair for Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Ashley Tellis.At the two-day CUTS International event in New Delhi, Tellis noted the Philippines did not yet have the C4ISR capabilities to use the BrahMos missiles “effectively”. C4ISR stands for Command, Control, Communications, Computers (C4) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), which provide enhanced situational awareness. Show Full Article Tellis added that if a country did not have C4ISR capability, having the missile was a “wonderful symbol but not of much oper...
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66 Chinese aircraft surround Taiwan in biggest sortie of year – Times of India

TAIPEI: Taiwan's defence ministry said Thursday it had detected 66 Chinese military aircraft around the island in a 24-hour window, a record-high this year, a day after it said Beijing was conducting exercises in nearby waters.China which maintains a near-daily military presence around Taiwan, claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory and has said it will never renounce the use of force to bring it under its control. Thursday's record comes a day after Taipei spotted Chinese aircraft around the island that it said were headed to the western Pacific for exercises with the PLA aircraft carrier Shandong. "66 PLA aircraft and seven PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 am (2200 GMT Wednesday) today," the defence ministry said in Thursday's statement, addi...
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Amid tensions with China, Philippines says BrahMos a ‘credible defence’
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Amid tensions with China, Philippines says BrahMos a ‘credible defence’

New Delhi: Amid ongoing tensions with China, Philippines Ambassador to India Josel Francisco Ignacio said Monday that the BrahMos missiles offers a “credible defence” for the Southeast Asian country and is indicative of India’s “rising” capabilities.“India and the Philippines stand at the cusp of a new phase of its relations, with more engagement. We are prying open new frontiers of cooperation including defence, space, financial technology,” he said during an interaction organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF).  In January 2022, Manila and New Delhi signed a $374.96 million deal for export of the shore-based variant of the anti-ship cruise missile, with a range of about 290 km. The delivery of the launch systems and missiles to the Philippines began in April this year, as r...
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Delhi, Manila Exchanging Views, Drawing Lessons On Territorial Disputes With China, Says Envoy

New Delhi: India and the Philippines are exchanging views and also drawing lessons from each other even as both countries continue to face a bitter border dispute concerning territorial sovereignty with China as the common adversary, Josel F. Ignacio, Ambassador of the Philippines to India, said Monday. The Ambassador also said the Philippines continue to follow an independent foreign policy despite being a treaty ally of the United States. He also said his country, which is currently Source link
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‘Echoes Of Galwan’: Chinese Forces Use Axes, Spears In Clash With Philippines Navy — WATCH

Chinese military personnel attacked two Phillippine navy boats in a disputed area of the South China Sea, echoing the violent 2020 Galwan Valley clash between China and India. According to reports, the Chinese rammed the boats, boarded them, and used axes, spears, machetes, and hammers to damage them. Visuals of the incident surfaced on social media.  WATCH: #China CG personnel violently attached ropes to tow PH's RHIB boats while threatening to injure Filipino troops with a pickaxe.The CCG also employed blaring sirens to create chaos and disrupt communication.This is a Chinese armed attack on PH ships in its EEZ. US… pic.twitter.com/mMMVwsWnfC — Indo-Pacific News - Geo-Politics & Defense (@IndoPac_Info) June 20, 2024 Sirens blared as bot...
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‘Sticks, knives and axe’: Watch Chinese sailors clash with Philippines at disputed South China Sea – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A violent scuffle broke out between Chinese coast guard sailors and Philippine naval vessels near a strategic reef in the South China Sea, a disputed region where Beijing lays claim. The skirmish occurred on Monday when Philippine forces attempted to resupply marines stationed on a derelict warship deliberately grounded atop the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, Manila said.Philippine military released a clip of the clash late Wednesday which showed small boats carrying Chinese sailors shouting, wiggling knives and using sticks to thrash an inflatable boat as sirens blared.The Philippines military said the axe-wielding sailor had "threatened to injure" a Filipino soldier, while others were "explicitly threatening to harm" Filipino troops, reported news agency AFP.A Filipino sailo...
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China does a Galwan in South China Sea, Coast Guard carries spears and knives
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China does a Galwan in South China Sea, Coast Guard carries spears and knives

New Delhi: Armed with crude melee weapons like their compatriots in the Galwan Valley in 2020, the Chinese Coast Guard this week rammed and boarded Philippine Navy boats, leading to a violent confrontation in which a sailor lost a thumb.The Chinese were carrying spears, swords and knives, Philippine military chief General Romeo Brawner Jr said as he addressed the media Wednesday about the incident off Second Thomas Shoal.In 2020, pictures had emerged of Chinese soldiers carrying rifles and iron rods with machete-like heads in the vicinity of India’s forward locations on the southern bank of Pangong Tso. Chinese soldiers opposite an Indian Army location at the southern banks of Pangong Tso | By special arrangement Sources had then said that these were possibly ‘dah’, a crude weapon inte...
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Philippine Navy Alleges Violent Confrontation With Chinese Coast Guard In South China Sea

The Philippine military has accused the Chinese coast guard of a violent confrontation in the South China Sea, alleging that Chinese personnel rammed and boarded Filipino navy boats, resulting in injuries and equipment seizures. The incident, which occurred on Monday near Second Thomas Shoal, saw a Filipino sailor losing a thumb amidst what Filipino military chief General Romeo Brawner described as an aggressive boarding by armed Chinese personnel, news agency AFP reported. Brawner condemned the action as "piracy" and demanded the return of seized weapons and reparations for damaged equipment. According to General Brawner, Chinese coast guard personnel armed with swords, spears, and knives boarded Filipino boats and confiscated firearms intended for Phil...
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China accuses Philippine supply ship of hitting Chinese vessel in South China Sea – Times of India

BEIJING: China and the Philippines traded accusations over a maritime collision in the South China Sea on Monday, the latest in an increasingly testy series of confrontations over the disputed waters. Meanwhile, hours later, the United States said in a statement it had completed joint naval exercises in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone (EEZ) with its treaty ally as well as Japan and Canada. China's Coast Guard said a Philippine supply ship "deliberately and dangerously" approached a Chinese ship resulting in a slight collision after it "illegally intruded" into waters near Second Thomas Shoal, a charge that Manila rejected as "deceptive and misleading". Manila declined to comment directly on the incident, but lashed out at Beijing after a Chinese coast guard statement said the P...
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Philippines deploys river rangers in battle against plastic – Times of India

MANILA: Using a long-handled net, Ronnel Narvas scoops up discarded plastic soft drink bottles, shopping bags and palm-sized sachets as he wades through a foul-smelling tributary in the Philippine capital Manila.Narvas, 30, is one of more than a thousand rangers employed by the government to clean up the city's waterways, where tonnes of rubbish end up every year."It's disappointing, because no matter how diligent we are at cleaning up, the garbage does not run out," Narvas told AFP of the never-ending battle against trash."But we need to persevere... at least we are managing to reduce it instead of letting it pile up more."Inadequate garbage collection services, lack of disposal and recycling facilities, and grinding poverty have been blamed for the growing problem of plastic waste acr...
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