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February 18, 2022: The Submission and Opening of Bid Envelopes (SOBE) for the 47,584 Ballistic Helmets of the Philippine Army (PA) has been moved from February 18, 2022 to February 23, 2022. This was supposed to have been done late last Year in 2021, but for some reason that was not mentioned, it wasn’t successful so it is being done again.
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| The Notices of Awards that were released to Rheinmetall Denel and the Naval Group last June 2021 |
The Notices Of Awards (NOA) for the Chaffs and Acoustic Decoys for the Jose Rizal class Frigates of the Philipine Navy (PN) were released last June 2021.
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| The Notice of Award that was released to LIG Nex1 last April 2021 |
The Notice Of Award (NOA) for the Torpedoes of the Jose Rizal class Frigates of the Philipine Navy (PN) was released to the South Korean Company LIG Nex1 last April 2021.
The Contract is worth Usd 15.9 million, or Php 766 million using the Exchange Rate of Usd 1 = Php 48.08. It is much lower then the Php 900 million budget for the Torpedoes, lower by Php 134 million. The Weapons were acquired thru Direct Contracting.
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| Screenshot of the News Report by Rick Sanchez on the US' reported sale of F-16s to the Philippines |
Thanks to the heads up of one of this Page’s Followers on this one, the RT America News Host Rick Sanchez recently claimed in a Video that the United States (US) had completed a deal with the Philippines for 12 brand new F-16 Fighter Aircraft worth Usd 64 million each. Below is the Video that you can watch, starting from the 1:42 minute mark:
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| The new Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge at Night. Photo by the official DPWH Facebook Page |
The new Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge which connects the Cities of Mandaluyong and Makati that was donated by China to the Philippines just opened last July 2021. The Bridge is worth Php 1.46 billion (or Usd 29.2 million assuming an Exchange Rate of Usd 1 = Php 50), has 4-lanes and can accommodate up to 50,000 Vehicles per Day.
This new Bridge replaced the old 2-lane Metal Bridge that was made during the Benigno Aquino III Administration. Construction of the new Bridge started in January 2019, and it is one of the 3 Bridges that China is giving to the Philippines.
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| Spycraft Season 1 Poster by Netflix |
Here is one Series that I highly recommend, very entertaining and informative. It tackles the Spycraft (which means the Skills and Techniques employed by Spies) practiced by Intelligence Services around the World mostly in the contemporary setting.
It has 8 Episodes around 29 to 38 minutes long, it covers a lot of ground, it is basically a Video Encyclopedia of Spycraft so I am just going to tackle here the ones that I found most interesting.
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| Some of the completed Bored Piles of the Panguil Bay Bridge, Photo by the official DPWH Facebook Page |
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started the construction of the Foundations of the Panguil Bay Bridge which will connect the Provinces of Misamis Occidental and Lanao del Norte in Mindanao.
The Bridge’s cost of Php 7.4 billion is funded by a Loan from South Korea and it is scheduled to be completed by December 2023.
