| Fri, 24 May 2013 PNoy to China: Respect what is ours
“RESPECT what is ours.” | Thus President Benigno Aquino III reminded China after Beijing sent a warship near Kalayaan Island Group’s Ayungin Reef. | “We continue to call on China to respect what is ours,” deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte told P... | No RP presence in most disputed isles — source
Despite President Aquino’s rhetorics about defending “what is ours” in reference to the territorial dispute with China and other Asian countries, the government had failed to provide presence on most of the islands it is claiming in the South China Sea, a senior N... | RP second warship armedwith anti-ship missile system — DND official
The BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF-16), the country’s second Hamilton-class cutter due to arrive this August, is a far more potent weapon platform than her sister ship, the BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15), a Department of National Defense (DND) official who asked not to be name... | DELAYED DIPLOMA: Veteran Honored At North High
Two former Des Moines North High School students were honored for their military service Friday, and one of them finally got his diploma. | Vernon ‘Paul’ Young was set to graduate in the spring of 1942 when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. Young enlist... | Spain's S-81 Isaac Peral Submarine Cost $680 Million To Build... And Can't Float
As Spain seeks to rein in , it has discovered some of its bloat surfacing from an unexpected place: under the sea. | According to El Pais, the S-81 Isaac Peral -- the first of four state-of-the-art new submarines commissioned for the Spanish Navy -- is 75 to 100 tons ov... | Woman’s Study Club’s history is a story in itself
One of Garland’s first organizations, the Woman’s Study Club, entertained guests with a luncheon May 9 at Eastern Hills Country Club. | The story goes that Ida Handley — Mrs. Peter Handley in those days — rode the train to Wylie to observe another women’s club... | Armies of India, US to hold war games in Sept-Oct
New Delhi: Armies of India and the US will hold war games on both sea and land during an amphibious exercise in Belgaum and Trivandrum in September-October. | The war games codenamed Shatrujeet are expected begin in mid-September and continue till October in Belgaum in ... | Popular bayfront shuttle returns
San Diego's downtown-bayfront shuttle, which debuted last year, is returning for the summer season, beginning on Friday, in time for the Memorial Day weekend. | The summertime operation was tested last year as part of a trial project initiated by the Port of San Diego, ... | Rolling Thunder and other ways to celebrate Memorial Day in DC
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2013 - The sound of thousands of motorcycles on Memorial Day in Washington DC can mean only one thing; it’s time for Rolling Thunder. | The Rolling Thunder run, a slow motorcycle ride through blocked-off Washington DC streets, brings more than ... | |
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