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(Photo courtesy of Philippine Fleet) MANILA - The Philippine Navy (PN), through the Philippine Fleet, is now assembling a "19-ship humanitarian aid-focused flotilla" that will be deployed in areas severely devastated by Typhoon Odette. "This relief flotilla consists of seven sealift vessels for the transport of relief goods and locally stranded individuals, two patrol ships for command and control, eight other watercraft as general support vessels. Meanwhile, the Presidential Yacht, BRP Ang Pangulo (AC-S25) has been repurposed as a hospital ship," the Philippine Fleet said in a Facebook post Sunday night. It added that BRP Tarlac (LD-601), BRP Bacolod City (LS-550), BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151), BRP Andres Bonifacio (PS-17), BRP Iwak (LC-289), BRP Agta (LC-290) and BRP Ivatan LC-298) are to be deployed to augment ongoing humanitarian assistance and disaster response efforts (HADR) in Cebu, Palawan, and Northern Mindanao specially Surigao, Dinagat and Siargao Islands. &
and killed by their somali captors. according to the pentagon, there were negotiationses for the hostages release. all four of the american hostages died of their wounds. reporter: four pirates were killed, 15 others are in custody. president obama gave the green right to use force against the pirates if the pirate lives were in danger. this morning, officials were informed of the killings. we are going to honor their memory by creating partnerships to bring these criminals to custody. reporter: for some reason the quest decided to break off and go at it alone. we don t know and now unfortunately we may never know. reporter: joel brown, wjz eyewitness news. the victims remains are on board the uss enterprise along with 15 pirates under arrest for their deaths. holding on to hope, it s been eight weeks since felicia barnes disappeared. reporter: felicia s family and friends are holding a vigil. she was last seen at her sister s apartment in northwest baltimor