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Some Filipinos blamed the 1997 Asian financial crisis as the core reason but in actuality the Philippine economy grew by 5.2% in 1997, only contracted -0.6% in 1998, and then quickly rebounded 3.1% in 1999, and onwards; it even weathered the 2007–2008 financial crisis where, by 2009, most countries were on the negative while the Philippines ...
The Miguel Malvar-class frigate is a class of frigates designed and currently built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the Philippine Navy.It was previously known as the HDC-3100 corvette based on the company's product nomenclature system and the service's acquisition project name until it was reclassified to its current "FF" frigate designation.
BRP Diego Silang (FF-07) is the second ship of her class of guided missile frigates of the Philippine Navy. She is the second ship to be named after Diego Silang y Andaya , a Filipino revolutionary leader who fought against Spanish colonial rule.
History; Philippines; Name: BRP Gabriela Silang: Namesake: María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang: Ordered: September 6, 2017: Builder: OCEA S.A., Les Sables-d'Olonne, France Cost: UNKNOWN since the ₱5.6B contract price also includes 4 units 24-m fast patrol boats + 5-yr maintenance contract instead of the usual 2 yrs [1]
LCU Mark 6 class: BRP Manobo: AT-297 Derelict hull located at Varadero de Cawit, Zamboanga City as of 2011. Not to be mixed up with the now active BRP Manobo (BU-297) which is a Philippine-made LCU acquired in 2011. [154]
BRP Cebu (PS-28) was a Miguel Malvar-class corvette of the Philippine Navy.She was originally built as USS PCE-881, a PCE-842-class patrol craft for the United States Navy during World War II and patrolled the Alaskan coast during that war.
BRP General Mariano Alvarez (PS-38) is the lead ship of its class of three coastal patrol ships currently in service with the Philippine Navy. She was the lead ship of the US Navy 's Cyclone -class patrol ship prior to being transferred to the Philippine Navy.
[6] The ships are named after heroines of the Philippines, with the lead ship, the future BRP Teresa Magbanua being a heroine of the resistance movements against the Spanish, American, and Japanese occupying forces. Teresa Magbanua-class patrol vessels are officially classified as Multi-role Response Vessels (MRRV). [7]