Some 21 countries have backed the Philippines following the recent incident between Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) and Philippine vessels at the Ayungin Shoal. A rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) reaches the starboard side of BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal to deliver fresh supplies for Filipino...
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (right) speaks while Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Administrator Usec. Ariel Nepomuceno listens intenly at a press briefing after the Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (NSED) at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on March 25, 2024. (Courtesy of OCD)...
China is protesting the alleged “trespassing” of Philippine resupply vessels in the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, adding that its response of using a water cannon during the incident was “reasonable” and “professional.” In a statement on Monday, March 25, the Chinese Embassy in...
Senator Francis Tolentino on Sunday, March 24 slammed the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) warning on the Philippines “not to play with fire” when the government is defending the country’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). ...
Reiterating its commitment to a defense treaty that will allow the United States to come to the Philippines’ defense in case of an armed attack, Washington on Sunday, March 24, (Manila time) expressed its solidarity with the Philippines after China’s latest water cannon attack against a...
The international community did not go silent on Saturday, March 23, when Chinese troops made yet another water cannon attack on a Philippine vessel traversing the West Philippine Sea. China’s Coast Guard fired water cannon on resupply ship Unaizah May 4 while traversing the waters off...
China said Saturday, March 23, that the Philippines was attempting to transport construction materials to its grounded ship in the West Philippine Sea, that was why the Chinese coast guard had to attack Filipino troops. Gan Yu, spokesman for China’s Coast Guard (CCG), in a statement said the...
A rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) reaches the starboard side of BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal to deliver fresh supplies for Filipino troops manning the outpost in the West Philippine Sea on March 23, 2024. (Courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)...
China assured the Philippines that it is not a threat after President Marcos expressed concern about the risk of Beijing’s continued dispute in the West Philippine Sea. At the same time, China also claimed that it is the Philippines that is making provocations in the waters, stirring up...
China has warned it would be "dangerous" to implicate its internal issue with Taiwan in its maritime dispute with the Philippines over the West Philippine Sea. In a statement, the Chinese Embassy in Manila said that "the Taiwan question is not and should never become an issue between China and...
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken (File photo) United States (US) State Secretary Antony J. Blinken’s visit to the Philippines will help Manila maintain a rules-based order in the South China Sea. Commodore Roy Vincent Trinidad, PN spokesperson for West Philippine Sea, made the remark on...
"This is not poking the bear." The Philippines' efforts to defend its territory are not "poking the bear" as the country will keep off from causing any conflict in the South China Sea even after President Marcos claimed that the threat in the disputed waters has grown. "We want to do everything we...
