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...
China Coast Guard ship "5203" fires a water cannon to drive away Philippine supply boats during a resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Ayungin Shoal on Nov. 10, 2023. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Coast guard ships equipped with a water cannon should not use it to...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is calling on the government to ditch resupply missions to troops in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) via boat and instead do them via...
The Philippines and China have exchanged "demarches", or diplomatic actions, following a recent Philippine resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) that allegedly led to water cannon attack by a China Coast Guard vessel. Wang Wenbin, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said Friday night...
Japan said it was not tolerating any action that would raise tension in the South China Sea after the Philippines accused China of attacking one of its supply ships with a water cannon in the waters off Ayungin Shoal. In a statement on X, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko...
West Philippine Sea (Wikipedia) The chairman of the House Special Committee on West Philippine Sea (WPS) has branded as a "serious cause for concern" the continued activities of Chinese vessels in the WPS. "Tensions are high, and it comes when we are...
PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan (Photo by PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has completed its investigation of the October 22 collision of Filipino and Chinese vessels in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, and the results will be submitted to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after the...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. and United States Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III spoke over the phone on Friday, Oct. 27, to reaffirm their commitment to the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) following the recent collisions of Filipino...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila has accused the United States of creating “instabilities” around the world as it called out the latter for meddling in China’s issue with the Philippines on the South China Sea. In a statement on Thursday night, Oct. 26, the embassy said the US is attempting...
