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BRP Emilio Jacinto (PS-35) is the lead ship of the Jacinto-class corvettes currently assigned to the Offshore Combat Force of the Philippine Fleet. She is one of few ships in the Philippine Navy equipped with modern systems after the completion of combat, navigation and weapon systems upgrade of her class in August 2019. [4]
In Philippine service they are designated Emilio Jacinto-class corvettes, and have been considerably 'up-gunned' with a 25 mm M242 Bushmaster and two 20 mm Oerlikon guns. The Philippine Navy undertook several phases of upgrades on the three corvettes, with the first one completed in 2005 replacing the old radar and navigation systems.
Former Peacock-class corvettes of the Royal Navy's Hong Kong Squadron until they were sold to the Philippines in 1997 upon the hand-over of Hong Kong to the Chinese government. [4] They were first commissioned between 1983 and 1984, simply designed and are tropicalized for operations in Asia .
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[140] [141] [142] Tattooed people in Mindanao include the Manobo, whose tattoo tradition is known as pang-o-túb. [143] [144] The T'boli also tattoo their skin in the belief that the tattoos glow after death, guiding the soul in its journey to the afterlife. [145] The best-known tattooed people may have been the Igorot people of highland Luzon.
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