The US government, however, did not grant the request of the Philippine government to retain close- in weapon and radar systems in the second ship(Philstar). The ship was acquired by the Philippines from the US under Washington's Foreign Military Sales program for P400 million ($9.26 million). AFP chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Jessie Dellosa, said the process of building a credible defense for the country has been moving fast, with the Navy’s acquisition of a second Hamilton-class cutter from the US (PDI news).Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario disclosed that the Tokyo government is likely to provide the country with 12 patrol boats. “They’re considering 10 forty-meter patrol boats on ODA (Official Development Aid) and two larger ones as grants,” Del Rosario told the Philippine Daily Inquirer In a text message, he also said: “Regarding South Korea, we have a logistics agreement and we have received equipment, such as vests and helmets (for the Armed Forces of the Philippines).”
“I understand our defense department is looking to possibly purchase aircraft from there,” according to Del Rosario.
From Australia, the Department of Foreign Affairs head said the country could expect to get “a number of vessels for search-and-rescue, as well as significant training here and abroad for large numbers of our military (personnel).”
“We expect increased help (from the Australian government) when the Status of the Visiting Forces Agreement (or SOFVA between Manila and Canberra) is ratified, hopefully this week,” said Del Rosario.
Del Rosario has repeatedly said “we have committed ourselves to improve our national defense by building a minimum credible defense posture” as he also stressed the need to protect national sovereignty. “Given the country’s lack of resources, it behooves us to proactively seek the assistance and cooperation of our various international partners to achieve this minimum credible posture, which is a fundamental attribute of any sovereign country,” he also said.
According to Del Rosario, the “defense track” is part of the DFA’s comprehensive overall plan in promoting national security. This year, the Philippines would be receiving about $144.66 million (about P6.25 billion) in defense assistance from the US, he said.
The speculations about a Europian warship acquisition by the Philippine Navy is yet to be confirmed.
Note: This article is a combination of Philstar and PDI news articles
Philippine Navy's rumored Italian warship
Lupo class frigate
Maestrale class frigate
1 From Jagondoy -
China is bullying Philippines, knowing they are a huge country , they just ram Pilipino fishing vessel knowing it is there main livelihood, we lived here like earlier than them why should we give the shoal to them, its not theres? its even like 200+km from the philippines and they just tell us that the shoal is there?
2 From DiversityHuman.com -
Philippine Navy to beef up fleet with Italian Warships,
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3 From wel -
We filipinos are very good to chinese.Proof of which is that there are so many chinese in our country.Because of greediness they did not considered our long time friendship.I do not have ill feelings with their ordinary citizen.Perhaps they were feed-in a wrong info and poisoned their minds.Filipinos are known for hospitality we dont have the guts to grab land that is not ours.We are not known for that.Besides we are no match with china we wont have the guts to partake in a muddle when we are ant and we face elephant.Its just that we were constrain to depend our rights and sovereignty if the push becomes shove.
4 From wel -
We filipinos are very good to chinese.Proof of which is that there are so many chinese in our country.Because of greediness they did not considered our long time friendship.I do not have ill feelings with their ordinary citizen.Perhaps they were feed-in a wrong info and poisoned their minds.Filipinos are known for hospitality we dont have the guts to grab land that is not ours.We are not known for that.Besides we are no match with china we wont have the guts to partake in a muddle when we are ant and we face elephant.Its just that we were constrain to depend our rights and sovereignty if the push becomes shove.