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Philippine Coast Guard: Cost: UNKNOWN since the ₱5.6B contract price also included 1 large OPV BRP Gabriela Silang + 5-yr maintenance contract instead of the usual 2 yrs [1] Planned: 4: Completed: 4: Active: 4: General characteristics; Type: Patrol boat: Displacement: 120 tons: Length: 24 m (78 ft 9 in) Beam: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) Draught: 1.7 m ...
In early October 2018, BRP Boracay made its first deployment in the island it was named after, Boracay in the province of Aklan, Western Visayas. [3]In late October 2018, the ship made its first rescue when it along with BRP Cape Engaño assisted in the transfer of passengers of the M/V Super Shuttle 18 which was stranded off the port of Malay, Aklan due to engine trouble.
The Paraw Regatta, largest sailboat race in the Philippines and the oldest in Asia, is held annually since 1973. It is a 36.5 kilometer race held in Arevalo district in Iloilo City . Paraw sailing Boracay Island
The HDP-2200 Future Offshore Patrol Vessel is a class of six (6) offshore patrol vessels designed and built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the Philippine Navy.. The Philippine Navy is expecting the delivery of six new offshore patrol vessels acquired under its Offshore Patrol Vessel Acquisition Project under the Revised AFP Modernization Program's Horizon 2 phase covering years 2018 to ...
Boracay ([bɔˈrakaɪ]; sometimes shortened by non-natives as Bora [a]) is a resort island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines, located 0.8 kilometers (0.50 mi) off the northwest coast of Panay Island.
Prepare to see a new, more peaceful Boracay. Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat announced on Tuesday that Boracay will have its “soft opening” on Oct. 26, but that ...
Dateline Philippines is the flagship midday newscast of the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) covering the day's most important headlines in politics, business, sports, and entertainment. It concentrates on news from the more than 7,000 islands of the Philippines as reported by ABS-CBN News , the largest news organization in the country.
A map of the Philippines showing the island groups of Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. As an archipelago, the Philippines comprises about 7,641 islands [1] [2] clustered into three major island groups: Luzon, the Visayas, and Mindanao. Only about 2,000 islands are inhabited, [3] and more than 5,000 are yet to be officially named. [2]