Navy aasinta ng 4th W

By Dondie Curit

Abante, Tonite, Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Pang-apat na dikit na panalo at paghahanda sa susunod na round ang tatrabahuin ngayon ng Philippine Navy sa pakikipagtipan sa Maynilad Water Services Inc. sa Shakey's V-League Season 8 Open Conference eliminations sa The Arena sa San Juan.

Mag-aabot ang Lady Sailors at Lady Water Dragons sa tampok na laro sa alas-kuwatro matapos ang sagupaang Philippine Army at ateneo de manila University sa alas-dos.

Paghahandaan ng mga bata ni playing coach Zeny Ybanez ang Maynilad na may kapasidad na manalo kahit lugmok sa 1-3.

"Yung mga remaning games namin, kailangang paghandaan namin iyon dahil bilog ang bola," ani ni Ybanez," Kahit Maynilad iyan, marunong silang mag volleyball."

Galing ang Navy sa 25-18,25-15,25-17 panalo kontra Philippine Air Force noong Linggo habang sumasadsad ang Maynilad sa Army, 22-25, 15-25, 27-25,15-25.

Sa unang laro,nakataya ang 4-0 kartada ng Lady Troopers at pananatili s atuktok ng team standings kontra Lady Eagles na pasok na rin sa susunod na round bu

nga ng 2-3 rekord.

Sink or Swim with Navy

By Jullie Yap Daza

Manila Bulletin, Tuesday, August 16, 2011

MANILA, Philippines — Repeat 110 times: “We are a maritime nation.”

Now you’re in the good graces of the Philippine Navy chief, Vice Admiral Alexander Pama. (It’s vice because his equivalent in the Army is a four-star, not five-star, general.)

When he had lunch at Sofitel with “Bulong Pulungan” last week, the Admiral was bent on getting his mantra across, that if you don’t buy it hook, line, and sinker, then “we will never have the strong and credible navy” that this maritime nation deserves.

The Navy serves 67 percent of the population who live in coastal areas, in a country with a coastline longer than the USA’s, where in the midst of a grouping of 7,107 islands is the center of the center of marine biodiversity and fishing is a major source of livelihood.

Our waters are a rich source of marine life, yet they are also the graveyard of thousands of boat passengers who have gone down to the bottom of the sea.

What a shame that our Navy has 66 ships and boats, of which only 33 are in ship-shape condition, alas. What can we islanders and the Admiral or his successors do but sink or swim with the Navy?

Coming soon, BRP Gregorio del Pilar, a $10-million, 30-year-old “new” Hamilton cutter, so “big and fast” she “can be deployed anywhere.” (More on Thursday)

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Photo by Miguel De Guzman

Manila Times, Wednesday, August 10, 2011

A member of the 6th Marine battalion glances backward while his comrades stand at attention during their send-off ceremony at the Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila on Tuesday. They are set to be deployed to the West Mindanao Command in Mindanao, replacing those killed in a recent clash with the Abu Sayyaf.

Off to Zamboanga

Photo by Ali Vicoy

Manila Bulletin, Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Members of the 6th Marine Battalion wave at the crowd after they boarded the BRP Dagupan LC551 following their send-off ceremony to Zamboanga, at the Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila yesterday Aug.9, 2011. The soldiers will undergo training in Sulu.

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