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You are here: Home / Archives for Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin

Aquino: Philippines to fly usual routes over disputed reefs

May 31, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Teresa Cerojano Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine aircraft will continue to fly their usual routes over disputed reefs in the South China Sea, the country’s president said Monday, defying China’s challenges to its planes and those of the United States. President Benigno Aquino III told reporters there is no declared air defense […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, ADIZ, Aquino Philippines, Associated Press, Beijing, Brunei, Chinese, Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, Filipino, MANILA, Malaysia, Pacific Command, South China Sea, Taiwan, United States, Vietnam, Vol 34 No 23 | May 30 - June 5

Philippine typhoon deaths climb into thousands

November 16, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez Associated Press TACLOBAN, Philippines (AP) – As many as 10,000 people are believed dead in one Philippine city alone after one of the worst storms ever recorded unleashed ferocious winds and giant waves that washed away homes and schools. Corpses hung from tree branches and were scattered along sidewalks and among flattened […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2013, Associated Press, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, Eastern Samar, Elmer Soria, Leo Dacaynos, Leyte Island, Moro Gulf, Philippine National Red Cross, Philippine-born Australian Mila Ward, Philippines, Samar Island, South China Sea, TACLOBAN, Typhoon Haiyan, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 47 | November 16 - November 22

Manila to move air force, navy near disputed sea

August 3, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jim Gomez The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines plans to relocate major air force and navy camps to a former U.S. naval base northwest of Manila to gain faster access to waters being contested by China in the South China Sea, according to the country’s defense chief and a confidential government […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2009, 2013, Asia, Brunei, Chinese, Coast Guard, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, MANILA, Malaysia, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea, Subic Bay, United States, Vietnam, Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 - August 9, West Philippine Sea

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