The Philippines has raised its concerns on the recent developments in the South China Sea as top Filipino diplomats met with their counterparts from China and other Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) members for talks on a Code of Conduct in the disputed waters. Asserting its rightful...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan (PNA) – Two civilian boats chartered by the government returned to port here on Wednesday afternoon, August 23, after successfully carrying out its mission of delivering much-needed provisions to troops standing guard in Ayungin Shoal aboard BRP Sierra Madre. Crew members...
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. refuted on Wednesday, August 23, the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) claim that it allowed the boats chartered by the AFP to reach Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal out of humanitarian purposes so it could deliver fresh food, water, and...
The Philippines' activities in the South China Sea, particularly in the West Philippine Sea, are not subject to any country's approval, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) asserted on Wednesday, August 23. DFA's pronouncement came after Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian...
The silence of former president Rodrigo Duterte on the issues surrounding the grounded BRP Sierra Madre from the Ayungin Shoal “speaks volumes,” an ex-lawmaker said on Wednesday, Aug. 23. Former president Rodrigo Duterte (King Rodriguez/ Presidential Photo/MANILA BULLETIN) Lawyer Barry...
There was one key strategy that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) did to ensure the success of their follow-up rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, Kalayaan Island Group (Spratly Islands) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)...
The resumption of the rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday, August 22, was “successful.” BRP Sierra Madre (File photo) This was bared by the National Task Force for the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) resumed its rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal but China still ignored calls to refrain from interrupting the Philippine boats from bringing food, water, and other supplies to troops onboard BRP Sierra Madre, satellite...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from YouTube live) The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives is mulling an inquiry on the alleged Philippine officials who had promised to China the removal of BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal. ...
House Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (PPAB) House Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has denied ever making a promise to Beijing to remove BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin Shoal, as well as any connection to...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced Saturday, August 19, that it will hold another rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), Palawan after the botched August 5 operation where Chinese vessels fired jets of water at...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has no verified information whether or not China received an advance report about the resupply mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal last August 5 which ended up with a cannon attack by the China Coast Guard (CCG) on Philippine vessels. A China Coast...
