Eto ayaw I cover ng mga Dilawang Seksyon ng Press kasi mga pakawalang Negang Balita lang ng Oposisyon ang kino cover nila.
Bumalik na po ang napakaraming Isda at mga Ibon sa Manila Baywalk sa Roxas Boulevard na dati nilalait ng Press at mga Dilawan.
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| Section 7031 of the 2021 US Spending Law |
Our “Ally” the United States (US) has just passed into Law their 2021 Spending Bill which contains a Provision that bans Philippine Government Officials involved in the imprisonment of Maria Ressa from entering their Country.
The Section 7031 - Specific Cases Portion of the Law says that, “The Secretary shall apply subsection (c) to foreign government officials involved in threatening, wrongfully imprisoning, or otherwise depriving of liberty independent journalists who speak out or publish about official corruption or other abuses, including Maria Luisa Ressa in the Philippines and El Faro in El Salvador”.
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| The HTMS Krabi OPV of the Royal Thai Navy, Photo from Wikimedia Commons |
Here is a very interesting Article not only on Thailand’s Defense Self Reliance Program, but their Proposals as well for the Philippine Military. They are planning to build more Drones and Firearms on their own, and also planning to export Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) and Light Tactical Vehicles (LTV) to the Philippines.
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| The BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) Frigate of the Philippine Navy, Photo by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) |
The Philippine News Agency (PNA) came up with a Yearender Report for 2020 on the Modernization of the Philippine Navy (PN), and among the most interesting items I found in the Report are as follows:
* 7 out of 10 High Speed Boats were delivered to the Naval Special Operations Command (NAVSOCOM) in August 2020. These are now undergoing Sea Trials and Technical Inspections.
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| An FA-50PH of the Philippine Air Force, Photo from Wikimedia Commons |
In a piece of News you have all been waiting for, a Smart Bomb launched from an FA-50PH Fighting Eagle Aircraft of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) has killed a number of New People’s Army (NPA) Terrorist Animals in Mindanao on Christmas Day, December 25, 2020.
The bodies of 3 NPA Animals were recovered at the Bomb Site. The Report said that a “GPS-guided Smart Bomb” was used in the Incident, but didn’t say specifically which model was used.
Here is a great Article telling the REAL story behind Turkey’s purchase of Russia’s S-400 Triumf Surface to Air Missile (SAM) System.
Basically what happened was this: Turkey originally wanted to buy the United States’ (US) MIM-104 Patriot SAM System back in 2012, but asked for Technology Transfer as well to be included in the sale.
The US President then was the Democrat Barrack Obama who refused to sell it to them with the Technology Transfer package. So Turkey set up a bidding to buy the SAM System from other Countries, and China won the bidding.
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| Sec. Lorenzana during his Speech onboard the BRP Tarlac last December 16,2020 |
Among the things mentioned by Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in his Speech during the 2020 Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Fleet Review and Wing Flyby last December 16, 2020 were some updates about the AFP Modernization. I am summarizing them below:
* The AFP Modernization Fund for 2021 is Php 27 billion
