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Is there any update on the Blackhawk and T129 attack helicopters the Philippines planned to purchase?
 
Why Philippines is building military base near Taiwan

Al Jazeera English
Published on Jun 2, 2019

The Philippines is building its first military base on Y'Ami Island on the northernmost tip of the country. Taiwan is just 80 kilometres away from the uninhabited island, also known as Mavulis Island. Al Jazeera's Jamela Alindogan reports from Mavulis Island, Philippines.
 
A defining moment for PH maritime interests
By: Antoinette R. Raquiza - @inquirerdotnet
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 05:06 AM June 13, 2019

It’s been six months since Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Philippines (HHIC-Phil) declared bankruptcy and closed the gates of the shipbuilding giant at Subic Bay, yet its future remains uncertain. The five Philippine banks that invested a total of $412 million in loans are working for the quick sale of the facility, while the Philippine Navy has called for its transformation into a naval base and shipbuilding hub.

So far, however, selling the Subic facility has proved challenging due to a price tag that would include covering HHIC-Phil’s liabilities, and the $12-million monthly working capital required for its operations. Daunting, too, is the need for additional investment to reconfigure the facility, fitted solely to produce large cargo vessels for the external market that had long soured due to sluggish global trade.

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To thrive as a shipbuilder would likely mean diversifying its product lines to cater as well to domestic buyers—an option that might crowd out Filipino shipbuilders and, given the small market, include securing government contracts. The easier alternative could be to reduce the facility into commercial space, consisting of real estate and port, but this would mean losing the equipment, infrastructure and technical know-how that had made the country the world’s fifth largest shipbuilder.

In this light, the Navy’s proposal deserves serious study. In a forum organized by the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies, Rear Adm. Giovanni Carlo J. Bacordo argued that the Philippine government should acquire the facility, citing security concerns due to its proximity to the disputed waters of Scarborough Shoal, and the Navy’s need for a secure and ready deep-sea harbor, especially for vessels newly acquired to strengthen the country’s defense in the high seas.

It is, however, the Navy’s interest in shipbuilding that suggests developmental thinking. Bacordo argued that if the country develops its naval shipbuilding capacity, it could benefit from the global trend of rising defense spending. By buying locally made vessels, rather than relying on imports, much of the money spent in the purchase can also be reinvested in the domestic shipbuilding industry.

An added incentive is the potential of technology transfer. One industry practice when partnering with a foreign naval shipbuilder for the delivery of specific models is to have at least one or a few of the commissioned ships be built domestically — a condition that would allow for technology transfer, increased local content and job creation.

Apparently, the Philippine Navy is informed by the experience of Indonesia, from which it recently bought two amphibious landing docks for P3.8 billion or $76 million and that launched in April its first Indonesian-made (20-percent local content) diesel-electric submarine — a product of a joint venture with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME).

History is replete with examples of how developing countries’ shipbuilding industries got their start with the State, specifically the Navy, as lead player. Given the huge investment needed to build even a single long-distance, export-quality maritime vessel, governments stepped up both as producers and procurers — an arrangement true not only for states but also for private corporations in which shipbuilders operate shipping lines.

In Indonesia and Malaysia, the state-owned or -led PT PAL and Boustead Naval Shipyard, respectively, build ships for the Navy, Coast Guard and other government agencies in contract-based joint ventures with foreign shipbuilders (e.g. the Dutch Damen Group, Naval Group of France and DSME). The Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) and Royal Malaysian Navy shape the domestic industry also by ensuring technology transfer and placing work orders with local shipbuilders.

With Hanjin’s closure, the country finds itself at a defining moment. Do we, as an archipelagic nation, have a stake in strengthening our maritime industry and defense? If so, then the national government needs to step up, rather than opt out, in the face of such colossal market failure.

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Filipinos in space? Creation of new Philippine agency teases prospect of astronauts in future

• The Philippine Space Act, signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte earlier this month, provides billions of pesos for research and development
• It also raises the prospect of Filipino astronauts, with one government scientist saying ‘we’re not precluding the possibility’

Kyodo Published: 10:48am, 17 Aug, 2019Updated: 10:19pm, 17 Aug, 2019

Will the Philippines one day emerge as a major player in the realm of space exploration? President Rodrigo Duterte certainly seems to hope so, with the passage of a new law earlier this month creating the country’s first space agency.

Fortunato dela Pena, the Philippines’ science and technology secretary, told a news conference on Wednesday that the legislation signed on August 7 “will bear fruits” for generations yet to come.

“Now we can have an agency that can move on its own, without depending on [others]”, he said.

“There will be new knowledge that can be generated, and … models that can be presented.”


The Philippine Space Act explicitly focuses on six areas: national security and development, hazard management and climate studies, space research and development, space industry capacity building, space education and awareness, and international cooperation.

A Philippine Space Council was also created, to be chaired by the president and selected members of the cabinet.

The agency itself is to be located in the Clark Special Economic Zone, north of Manila, with the government hoping that its facilities will be ready before the Duterte administration ends in 2022.

“We have to be pragmatic in the beginning. We will probably start off continuing what we’re doing. We [already] have momentum building small satellites,” said Joel Marciano of the Quezon City-based Advanced Science and Technology Institute, which falls under the government’s department of science and technology.

The Philippines began its microsatellite programme in 2014, with local engineers producing Diwata-1, Diwata-2, and Maya-1 that were all subsequently launched using foreign facilities.

Since 2010, the country has invested around 7.5 billion pesos (US$143 million) in space research and development, according to dela Pena, who also said there are currently more than 1,000 Filipino experts in space science.

Enrico Paringit of the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development said a number of sectors will benefit from such research.

“We can monitor vessels out there in the sea … This can also support our fisherfolk, not just to monitor where they are but also where to efficiently fish … We can also monitor our agricultural productivity … We can monitor real-time, with these capabilities in place, where deforestation and degradations are taking place … We can monitor situations in disaster-stricken areas,” he said.

The country will also be better poised to air any concerns on space issues to international organisations, such as the United Nations.

Marciano, of the Advanced Science and Technology Institute, expects the establishment of a space agency to encourage Filipino space scientists abroad to return home, and inspire young Filipinos to consider a career in space.

“We’re not precluding the possibility of it later on – that a Filipino would be in space,” he said.

“If we’re to send somebody in space … we want it to contribute something meaningful, maybe do an experiment in the space station, an experiment that is born out of local research.”

However, the prospects of a Filipino rocket launch site remains remote, he said, “because it costs a lot of money”.

The law signed by Duterte provides the new agency with an initial operating fund of 1 billion pesos (US$19.1 million), and created a 10 billion-peso Philippine Space Development Fund.

The agency is also permitted to generate income from specialised products, services and royalties, as well as accept grants and donations, and secure loans.

Leftist lawmaker Carlos Zarate said the establishment of a space agency was another example of the Duterte administration incorrectly prioritising the allocation of funds.

“There’s nothing wrong in being ambitious … but that 10 billion pesos can go a long way if we improve our agriculture sector. We even have problems in our health sector, which is also being deprived of funds. Our social services are facing big problems [too],” he said.

But Rogel Mari Sese, a Filipino astrophysicist who helped craft the new law, argued that the average return on every peso invested in space research or technology would be 2.5 pesos, based on a study his group had conducted. And this, he said “is a very conservative estimate”, citing the global average of “US$4 for every US$1 [invested]”.

“Space is no longer a luxury when it comes to national development and security. It’s a necessity,” he said.


This article appeared in the South China Morning Post print edition as: Duterte aims high with launch of space agency


https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/sout...space-creation-philippine-space-agency-teases
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...health-asia-pacific/philippines-space-agency/

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Rodrigo Roa Duterte, also known as Digong and Rody, is a Filipino President of the caliber of former President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has started the first Iranian manned space program.

Back in February 2013, Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had volunteered to become his country's first astronaut.

Encouraged with the success of Iran's first suborbital space flight of a monkey, Ahmadinejad wanted to go where no Iranian has gone before.

In 2011 he promised Iran would send a man into space by 2019, although few at the time could have thought he was thinking of himself.
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Indonesian Naval Vessel ‘Bima Suci’ Arrives in Manila for Goodwill Visit
by Indah Gilang Pusparani
Published August 13, 2019 - 14:33 Jkt

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Kapal perang Republik Indonesia (KRI, Naval Vessel of the Republic of Indonesia) “Bima Suci” (945), an Indonesian training ship, docked in Manila on Monday for a four-day goodwill visit aimed at strengthening further the relations between the two Southeast Asian countries.

Commander Jeffrey Magbanua, executive officer of the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff for Civil-Military Operations, led the Philippine Navy (PN) delegates in according a warm welcome to the 192-member Indonesian Navy contingent led by Lieutenant Colonel Waluyo, commanding officer of the KRI Bima Suci.

“The presence of this Indonesian Navy vessel, led by Lt. Col Waluyo and its 103 Indonesia Naval Cadets and 89 officers and crew contingent, underscores the relationship between our government and navies,” Magbanua said.

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Members of the Philippine Navy welcome the Indonesian Navy training ship Kri Bima Suci with 103 Indonesian naval cadets and 89 officers and crew on board for a goodwill visit in Manila on Monday (12/8). Image: ABS-CBN
“This trumpets the Philippine Navy’s commitment in promoting naval diplomacy and camaraderie and fostering goodwill with our Indonesian Navy counterparts,” he added during a news conference following the ship’s arrival as quoted by The Manila Times.


The Philippines and Indonesia have established a long history of defense cooperation.

Since the establishment of diplomatic ties in 1949, Indonesia has been one of the closest allies of the Philippines and the Philippine Navy. Both countries have supported each other’s policies in the region such as democracy and the rule of law in the South China Sea.

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Philippine, Indonesian navy officials pose for a photo-op. Image: Martin Sadongdong/Manila Bulletin
According to Manila Bulletin, a trilateral maritime cooperation agreement on border security was finalized in Kuala Lumpur in 2018 among the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia to prevent lawless elements such as pirates, smugglers, and foreign and local terrorists from using the southern backdoor as their entry and exit points to and from the three countries.

“We know that in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), we have so many issues regarding our maritime sector such as piracy, areas dispute, and fisheries,” Waluyo stated.

“The cooperation is part of Indonesia’s commitments to participate in maintaining security in Southeast Asia which focuses on capacity building in supporting the peace missions and maintaining border and maritime securities,” he said.

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The KRI Bima Suci is a three-mast barque tall ship which is regarded as one of the largest tall ships in the world with a 36,200 sq. ft. of sails, and a capacity for a crew of 200. Image: Antara Foto/M Agung Rajasa/aww
‘Bima Suci’

The KRI Bima Suci is a three-mast barque tall ship which is regarded as one of the largest tall ships in the world with a 36,200 sq. ft. of sails, and a capacity for a crew of 200.

Named after a Javanese hero who was a “symbol of force, bravery, and righteousness,” KRI Bima Suci is the Indonesian Navy’s newest and largest sail training ship which is equipped with a series of “extremely sophisticated navigation and communication tools and a reverse osmosis water supply.”


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