AFP chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. (right) takes a photo with Western Command commander Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos (left) and soldiers manning BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Dec. 10, 2023. (Photo by AFP) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) belied reports that...
NTF-WPS spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (Screenshot courtesy of RTVM livestream) China's deliberate hit on a civilian Philippine supply boat carrying the top Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) official during the latest resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is not considered an act of...
Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (Screenshot via RTVM livestream) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will not use the water cannon equipped to its ships as an offensive weapon against Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, Dec. 11, said that it has filed two diplomatic protests—at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing—and has summoned Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian to object two consecutive water cannon incidents at the West...
No one but the Philippines has a legitimate right to operate anywhere in the West Philippine Sea, President Marcos said as he condemned the latest aggression of China against Philippine vessels over the weekend. In a statement on Sunday night, Dec. 10, Marcos called out China Coast Guard and...
The Philippine government, through the National Task Force-West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), has questioned and expressed doubts on the sincerity of China in its repeated calls for peaceful dialogue on the West Philippine Sea issues following the latest water cannon incident involving the China Coast...
A China Coast Guard vessel fires a water cannon during a resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Ayungin Shoal on Nov. 10, 2023. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) After expressing initial reluctance, the National Security Council (NSC) has allowed a civilian group to visit the...
BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal (File photo) The National Security Council (NSC) said Tuesday, Nov. 21, that it will not support any civilian mission in Ayungin (Second) Shoal in time for the Christmas season. This, after the Atin Ito coalition, a group of advocates fighting for the country's...
The Philippine government maintained that it will not seek permission from China to conduct a resupply mission to a grounded ship in the Ayungin Shoal despite Beijing’s protest that such missions infringed into its territory, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, Nov. 16. BRP...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Commodore Jay Tarriela (File photo) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) managed to make its closest approach to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal during the latest rotation and resupply (RoRe) mission there last Nov. 10 since Chinese...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has branded the China Coast Guard's (CCG) state of activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as a "serious escalation of the illegal activities...
A China Coast Guard vessel fires a water cannon during a resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Ayungin Shoal on Nov. 10, 2023. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) The resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for troops stationed onboard BRP Sierra Madre in...
