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The Diplomat
March 30, 2018
But Philippine defense officials have also indicated previously that these vessels would be directly useful in addressing the country's key security challenges, be it deployments in the southern Philippines to fight sea piracy or providing greater capacity for Manila to patrol its waters given Beijing's concerningÃâà...
The Republic
March 29, 2018
Jamiri has been blamed for years of bloody attacks, including a 2007 ambush in largely Muslim Basilan that killed 24 Philippine marines, several of whom were beheaded. His group has given sanctuary to other Abu Sayyaf militants behind piracy and kidnappings, including of Vietnamese sailors in recentÃâà...
ABS-CBN News
March 29, 2018
Dela Cruz said they are not bothered at iflix over the growth of rival streaming services as there was a lot of room to grow in the Philippines considering the rampant piracy of video content in the country. "We're bad. Broadly speaking there's a lot of piracy that's happening here." But instead of simply runningÃâà...
Ship Technology
March 15, 2018
A spate of kidnappings by Abu Sayyaf, a terrorist network linked to ISIS, recently led Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to call for pirates to be 'blasted out of the seas'. According to data collected by NYA International, piracy in Southeast Asia fell significantly in the months from January to November 2017Ãâà...
Maritime Herald
March 15, 2018
The first round of joint exercises was held last October and is part of the anti-piracy and anti-terrorism campaign promoted by the government of Rodrigo Duterte, which helps curb security threats affecting the Mindanao islands, Medina said. In March 2016, the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia agreed toÃâà...
Inquirer.net
March 10, 2018
The idea behind Piracy vs. Piracy is to use channels where piracy happens to effectively reach and deliver the message to the target audience. Thus, during the 2017 Metro Manila Film Festival, Globe uploaded copies of the participating films and other blockbuster Filipino movies on torrent and streamingÃâà...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
March 9, 2018
Of the two attempted incidents, one was an attempted incident involving the abduction of crew from a container ship at approximately 4.4 nm southwest of Sibago Island, province of Basilan, Philippines. There is no actual incident of abduction of crew and no incident of hijacking of ship for theft of oil cargoÃâà...
Bunkerspot
March 9, 2018
ASIA PACIFIC: Number of Asian piracy incidents continues to fall ... On 16 February, container ship, Kudos 1 was underway at approximately 4.4 nm southeast of Sibago Island, province of Basilan, Philippines, when three motorised bancas, each with three perpetrators on board, manoeuvred to the portsideÃâà...
The Cipher Brief
March 1, 2018
Bottom Line: Although the Philippine army managed to suppress an ISIS-affiliated rebellion in the country's southern island of Mindanao last summer, ISIS .... And long-standing maritime routes established by smugglers and pirates have previously been utilized by JI and others to move groups amongst theÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
March 1, 2018
These incidents have prompted the Philippines to undertake several measures – unilaterally and with Indonesia and Malaysia – to enhance collective maritime domain awareness (MDA) in the region. Countermeasures have helped reduce attack levels, but the TBA will remain a potential hotspot for piracyÃâà...
International Business Times UK
February 20, 2018
Unable to climb on to the cargo ship, the frustrated pirates fired shots at the ship causing minor damages. A few crew members suffered not-so-serious injuries. The Philippines military has lauded the efforts of the crew and pledged to intensify anti-pirate efforts in the region. It said fresh security measuresÃâà...
Business Insider
February 20, 2018
Murad said fighters from Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Middle East were known to have entered the Philippines, including a Middle Eastern man holding a Canadian passport. That man went to a stronghold of the Abu Sayyaf militant group, notorious for kidnapping and piracy, Murad said. Murad saidÃâà...
Popular Mechanics
February 20, 2018
When pirates tried to board a merchant vessel off the coast of the Philippines, the crew defended their ship like a castle, throwing boiling oil and water at the invaders. They succeeded in fending off the buccaneers, but this battle highlights the variety of desperate, homebrewed anti-pirate measures thatÃâà...
Maritime Herald
February 19, 2018
The pirates used three motor boats to outflank the Philippine ship in an attempt to kidnap crew members for a ransom, the Philippine television network ABS-CBN reported. The ship, which was transporting steel from Davao to Manila, sent a distress signal while keeping the pirates at bay long enough forÃâà...
Asian Correspondent
February 19, 2018
Quick-thinking sailors aboard MV Kudos foiled a seajacking in southern Philippines last Friday, Feb 16, 2018, by pouring hot water over their attackers. .... Their raw courage enabled them to pour hot water to the pirates who were already attempting to climb the vessel,” Galvez said in a statement yesterday.
Splash 247
February 18, 2018
The crew of a ship passing through the southern Philippines repelled a pirate attack on Friday using boiling water mixed with oil. Twenty-seven sailors aboard the general cargo vessel Kudos 1 managed to stop 12 armed pirates trying to board the ship in the Basilan sea. The Philippines Coast GuardÃâà...
Newsweek
February 18, 2018
Sailors in the Philippines sea have fought off a pirate attack using medieval siege defence methods, hurling boiling water mixed with oil at the ... aboard their boat while Japanese Coast Guard ship PLH02 Tsugaru steams towards them during the Philippine-Japanese joint coast guard anti-piracy exercise inÃâà...
ABC Online
February 17, 2018
The crew of a ship on the southern Philippines sea has repelled a pirate attack using boiling water mixed with oil. Twenty-seven sailors aboard the Philippines ship MV Kudos stopped 12 pirates trying to board the ship in the Basilan sea, by splashing the armed men with the concoction of hot water and oil.
The Maritime Executive
February 17, 2018
An attack by suspected Abu Sayyaf pirates was thwarted on Friday after boiling water mixed with oil was poured on the men as they tried to board the vessel. The MV Kudos 1 was sailing off the waters of Basilan in the Philippines when it as attacked by men in three motorboats. After their boarding attemptÃâà...
Rappler
February 17, 2018
BASILAN, Philippines – Quick-thinking crewmembers of a cargo ship helped foil a seajacking attempt in Basilan waters on Friday night, February 16, by pouring hot water on pirates that tried to board their vessel. Lieutenant General Carlito Galvez Jr, Western Mindanao Command Commander, said onÃâà...
Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide
February 9, 2018
The five incidents occurred at Muara Berau (East Kalimantan, Indonesia), Manila (Philippines), Cam Pha (Vietnam) and the South China Sea. Incidents on board ships while underway. The two incidents occurred on board ships while underway off Alang, Gujarat (India) and off Pulau Karimun (Straits ofÃâà...
World Politics Review
February 8, 2018
In fact, according to the International Maritime Bureau, Southeast Asia had the world's highest rate of piracy last year. While piracy decreased substantially in the Malacca Straits and remained level in Indonesia, 22 incidents were reported in the Philippines, up from 10 the previous year. Pirates and militantsÃâà...
benarnews
December 31, 1999
“These challenges range from territorial disputes with China and other Southeast Asian nations over the ownership of resource-rich islands in the West Philippines Sea, to piracy, movement of armed insurgents in the Sulu Sea and other transnational crimes,” he said, using the Philippine name for the SouthÃâà...
World Trademark Review (blog)
December 31, 1999
BARCELONA collective mark rejected, battle for Prudential name and Philippines fakes crackdown: news round-up ... there must be a focus on “hubs of piracy” which are “known tourist spots thus perpetuating a reputation of the Philippines as a dumping ground for counterfeit goods”, adding: “Through aÃâà...
Gulf Times
December 31, 1999
The Philippines on Monday received three additional TC-90 aircraft from Japan, which would be used to boost maritime security surveillance over the ... of resource-rich islands in the West Philippines Sea, to piracy, movement of armed insurgent in the (southern) Sulu Sea, and other transnational crimes."
The Japan Times
December 31, 1999
CAVITE, PHILIPPINES – The Philippine military said Monday it will continue aerial patrols of a Chinese-held shoal near the South China Sea despite ... vessel from its regional anti-piracy unit to help with search efforts after a fishing boat was hijacked by pirates off Ghana, South Korea's foreign ministry said.
Asahi Shimbun
December 31, 1999
Tensions between the Philippines and China over the disputed sea have eased since President Rodrigo Duterte came to power in July 2016 and improved relations with Beijing via Chinese trade and investments. Lorenzana said the Philippines was also concerned with piracy and the movement of armedÃâà...
