奥巴马登菲律宾战舰 强调南海航行自由

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BBC Chinese, Nov 17, 2015
http://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp ... ilippines_obama_see
("奥巴马出席亚太经合组织峰会之际，登上了美国向菲律宾提供的 '德尔毕拉尔' 号巡逻舰时表示[:] '我们要履行保护盟友菲律宾的条约义务，这是铁定的誓言。* * * 我的访问凸显我们对该地区水域安全和航行自由的共同承诺。'  奥巴马表示，美国将再送赠两艘舰艇 '舰艇,' not warships]给菲律宾，以提高菲律宾海洋巡逻能力。 * * * 奥巴马在讲话中没有直接提及南中国海主权的争端，但是奥巴马此举被认为极具象征意义。 * * * '德尔毕拉尔' 号曾是美国海岸警卫队的一艘巡逻舰，后在2011年 捐赠给菲律宾

Note: Remarks by President Obama After Touring the BRP Gregorio del Pilar. White House, Nov 17, 2015 (at Manila Harbor; 2:51 P.M. PHT)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-p ... -gregorio-del-pilar
("We have a treaty obligation, an ironclad commitment to the defense of our ally, the Philippines.  You can count on the United States. My visit here underscores our shared commitment to the security of the waters of this region and to the freedom of navigation.  This watch center was built with US grants.  The ship that I just toured, a former US Coast Guard vessel, helps the Philippines respond to disasters, perform counterterrorism missions, and patrol the South China Sea")

(a) BRP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRP
(can mean "Barko/Bapor ng Republika ng Pilipinas (ship/steamship of the Republic of the Philippines), Philippine Navy ship name prefix")

These are Filipino. See Filipino language
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_language
(along with English, as an official language of that country; is the standard register of the Tagalog language)
(i) Filipino English dictionary
* barko (n; Spanish [noun masculine] barco boat): "boat"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/barko
* bapor (n; Spanish [noun masculine] vapor [steam, vapor]): "boat, ship"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bapor
* Republika (n): "republic"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/republika
* ng (preposition): "of"
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ng
* Pilipinas (porper name): "The Philippines"https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pilipinas

(b)
(i) BRP Gregorio del Pilar (PF-15)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRP_Gregorio_del_Pilar_(PF-15)
(named after Gregorio del Pilar [who died at 24 fighting US in 1899])
(ii) Gregory (given name)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_(given_name)
(section 2 Forms in different languages: Gregorio in Iralian, Portuguese and Spanish)

(c) PHT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHT
(can stand for "Philippine [standard] Time")