Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV on Monday, April 1, called on Sen. Imee Marcos to conduct an inquiry into former president Rodrigo Duterte's "secret deal" with China for Ayungin Shoal. Trillanes issued the statement as he posted a video which he said serves as an explainer for Marcos, who...
China remains mum on the possibility that the Philippines would file another arbitral case against Beijing for the destruction of the marine environment in the West Philippine Sea. "No comment now," the Chinese Embassy in Manila said Monday, April 1, after being asked about the Philippines' plan....
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros said on Monday, April 1, former president Rodrigo Duterte had always been predisposed to bow to China’s whims during his term Thus, former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque’s disclosure of a “gentleman’s agreement” with Chinese...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (left), Davao del Norte 1st district Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez (MANILA BULLETIN, Facebook) Defeatist and dangerously naive. That's how House Deputy Majority Leader Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre...
Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday, March 31 said she sees nothing irregular with former president Rodrigo Duterte entering a “gentleman’s agreement” with Chinese Xi Jinping supposedly to maintain the status quo in the West Philippine Sea when he was in office. The sister of President...
West Philippine Sea (Wikipedia) House Minority Leader 4Ps Party-list Rep. Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan is worried that international news reports of worsening tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) might shoo away potential foreign investors...
A Philippine Coast Guard personnel teaches students in Pag-asa Island. (Photo courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed a team of doctors, nurses, and teachers to Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to improve community welfare and education in the remote area....
President Marcos has issued Executive Order (EO) No. 57, which aims to strengthen the country's maritime security amid China's recent aggressive tactics and threats in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). File photos Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin signed the six-page EO on March 25, the same week...
Apparently inspired by the recent remarks of President Marcos Jr., the Department of National Defense (DND) said Filipinos are not known globally as aggressors but will not hesitate to take actions if the country’s sovereignty is at stake. In a statement on Good Friday, March 29, Defense...
"Filipinos do not yield." In the coming weeks, the Philippines will implement a reasonable "response and countermeasure package" over the dangerous attacks made by the China Coast Guard and Chinese maritime militia in the West Philippine Sea. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Noel...
(L-R) US Department of Defense Sec. Lloyd J. Austin III and Department of National Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Courtesy of Austin / X account) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. spoke over the phone with United States Department of Defense (DoD)...
BRP Sierra Madre (File photo) The national government is not aware of and would not support any agreement between the Philippines and China to remove BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) since it would be detrimental to the country's national...
