A Chinese destroyer was reportedly observed by a commercial drone 105km northwest of Luzon, Philippines. The incident highlights the use of relatively inexpensive commercial platforms for surveillance, with the drone's commissioning entity and mission remaining undisclosed.
Rene Baterbonia, 19, and Divine Adili, 21, drowned during a school-sanctioned team-building activity in Dipaculao, Aurora. The incident highlights risks in collegiate sports training environments.
Equipes de resgate encontraram dois trabalhadores em escombros de hotel em construção nas Filipinas; um morreu, outro foi retirado sem vida. O desabamento deixou 3 mortos e 17 desaparecidos. Cão farejador auxiliou nas buscas.
China opposes the deployment of the Typhon system in the Philippines, claiming it destabilizes regional security, with capabilities potentially reaching China from Luzon. A recent test fired a Tomahawk missile northbound, allegedly aiming at the Taiwan Strait.
The US Army on Tuesday shot a Tomahawk missile from its Typhon Mid-Range Capability launcher system in the Philippines during a military exercise, marking the first time it has fired such a weapon since the system’s arrival in the country two years ago, which drew a rebuke from China. Built by Lockheed Martin, the Typhon system had been flown 13,000km (8,000 miles) from Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state to Luzon in the Philippines as part of a military exercise called Salaknib and...
China's PLA Southern Theatre Command announced Friday that a naval fleet recently conducted drills in waters east of Luzon, the northernmost major island of the Philippines. The command, which oversees the South China Sea, described the exercises as "a necessary action taken in response to the current regional situation." The deployment coincided with Monday's launch of Balikatan 2026, a 19-day annual large-scale joint exercise led by the United States and the Philippines.
