(Photo courtesy of AFP) MANILA - The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Thursday announced that it has deployed 14 search, rescue, and retrieval (SRR) teams to areas severely affected by the magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Abra and other parts of northern Luzon on Wednesday. "Since yesterday (Wednesday) the 24th Infantry Battalion (24IB) has helped evacuate the patients in a hospital in Bangued, Abra. 71IB deployed personnel to rescue affected residents in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. 54IB, 72nd Division Reconnaissance Company, 502nd Infantry Brigade, and CAFGU Active Auxillary units helped in road clearing, provided transportation assistance, and conducted search and rescue operations in different areas in northern Luzon," AFP public affairs office chief, Col. Jorry Baclor, said in a statement. Baclor said the AFP also directed the Philippine Army's (PA) 525th Engineering and Construction Battalion, the Air Force's 505th Search and Rescue Group, and the Naval Installatio
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Outgoing Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Delfin Lorenzana said over the weekend that the recently activated Naval Operating Base (NOB) in Subic will serve as the main naval support and logistics hub of the Philippine Navy (PN) as it continues to improve its fleet.
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(File photo) MANILA - Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said he sees no security implications with an American company now poised to acquire and operate the cash-strapped Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC-Phil) shipyard in Subic, Zambales. "I don't think there will be any implications on our national security. It will be the same as when Hanjin was operating it building commercial ships," he said in a message to reporters on Wednesday night, when sought for comment on the matter. Reports earlier said that US equity firm Cerberus will acquire the HHIC-Phil shipyard facility for USD300 million. "I don't know the financial transactions regarding the Hanjin shipyard. It is the Department of Finance who is working on it in coordination with the creditor banks. I recommended that the government take over or buy the shipyard if there (were) no buyers to save the shipyard from going into disrepair and generate jobs," the