AFP chief of staff Gen. Romeo Brawner and PNP-DPCR director Maj. Gen. Edgar Alan Okubo lead the multi-sectoral outreach program at the Pag-asa Island, which is located in the West Philippine Sea. (photo: Metrobank Foundation) Residents of Pag-asa Island in Palawan were treated to free medical...
Despite alleged intimidation from Chinese vessels, a team of Filipino scientists have completed marine scientific research on two sandbars near Pagasa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Commodore Jay Tarriela, Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson for WPS, said the contingent was...
(Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) inaugurated a new surveillance station in Pag-asa Island, West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Friday, Dec. 1, to monitor China's activities and counter their increasing aggression in the tension-filled waters. The Coast Guard Station...
Senator Francis ‘’Tol’’ Tolentino on Friday, December 16, said it is the call of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to decide whether to relay to Chinese President Xi Jinping the "unfriendly" acts of the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) in retrieving a debris from a Chinese rocket that fell...
Authorities are investigating the reported explosions heard on Zamora (Subi) Reef near Pagasa (Thitu) Island in Palawan moments after a China Coast Guard (CCG) seized a suspected Chinese rocket debris from the Philippine Navy (PN). DND OIC Jose Faustino Jr. (File photo by DND) Senior Undersecretary...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said a note verbale will be sent to China following a confrontation between the Chinese Coast Guard and Philippine Navy over a rocket debris near Pag-asa Island. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Photo by Noel Pabalate) "Yes, I think that that’s...
An “unidentified floating object” was seen drifting about 800 yards off Pagasa Island in Palawan on Sunday morning, Nov. 20, which was apparently seized by the China Coast Guard (CCG). Courtesy of Coast Guard Station Kalayaan The Western Command (WESCOM) of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
As face to face classes return on Monday, August 22, two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) officers committed to help in teaching students on the remote Pagasa Island in Kalayaan Island Group, Palawan in West Philippine Sea. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Ensign Jev Latic (Photo by PCG) Philippine Coast...
At least 300 families affected by typhoon "Odette" at the Pagasa Island in the West Philippine Sea would benefit from the food items that are now being transported by personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard. The personnel of the PCG will be giving relief supplies and drinking water to some 300...
Dozens of Chinese vessels have recently been frequenting the waters near Pagasa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a military commander reported on Sunday, Nov. 21. Vice Admiral Ramil Roberto Enriquez, commander of the Western Command (WesCom) in Palawan, said at least 26 maritime...
The further development of Pagasa (Thitu) Island and Kalayaan (Spratly) Island Group or KIG will get a much needed boost from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to ensure the protection of the country's maritime interests in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). AFP Chief Gen. Cirilito Sobejana...
General Cirilito Sobejana, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), has visited Pagasa Island as he boosted the morale of the troops in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the military disclosed on Wednesday, June 9. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana (leftmost) visits Pagasa Island in the West...
