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BRP Antonio Luna (File photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - The Philippine Navy (PN) is poised to be at par with its regional counterparts through the acquisition of more modern warships in the coming years, its acting chief said on Thursday. "In five years time, when the arrival of the seven more Acero-class gunboats, the new construction landing docks, the new generation corvettes, offshore patrol vessels, the average age of our seagoing platforms will be 10 years old. Comparable and even better than our maritime neighbors," PN acting flag-officer-in-command Rear Adm. Caesar Bernard Valencia said in his assumption speech at the Navy headquarters. Valencia referred to the warships that were procured as part of the PN's modernization program. To date, the Navy is now equipped with two brand-new missile-armed frigates, two landing docks, two anti-submarine helicopters, and 12 multi-purpose attack craft, six of which are now equipped with the Israeli-made Spike-ER su
Philippine Navy vice commander Rear Adm. Caesar Bernard Valencia (Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy) MANILA - Philippine Navy (PN) vice commander Rear Adm. Caesar Bernard Valencia willlead the force as acting flag-officer-in-command, replacing outgoing chief Vice Adm. Adeluis Bordado. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Bartolome Vicente Bacarro confirmed this in a message to reporters Thursday. Valencia served as Naval Forces Northern Luzon commander in 2019 before being appointed Chief of Naval Staff in 2021 and PN vice commander in August of this year. "For now, it would be in an acting capacity because we don't have a shortlist yet as we are waiting for the IRR (implementing rules and regulations) of Republic Act 11709," Bacarro said in mixed English and Filipino. The change of command and retirement rites for Bordado were held late Thursday afternoon at the PN headquarters in Naval Station Jose Andrada, Roxas Boulevard in Manila. The event w