A China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel is caught on camera while brandishing a pickaxe in front of an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldier during a resupply mission at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal on June 17, 2024. (Courtesy of AFP) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) recognized...
China Coast Guard (CCG) ship "5901", nicknamed "The Monster" as it is regarded as the biggest coast guard ship in the world, is seen anchored near Escoda (Sabina) Shoal on July 17, 2024. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG Despite the conduct of a bilateral consultation...
Philippine Navy spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad speaks before the media during a press conference at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City on July 16, 2024. (Photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) By MARTIN A. SADONGDONG The Philippine Navy (PN) is open...
A China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel is caught on camera while brandishing a pickaxe in front of an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldier during a resupply mission at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal on June 17, 2024. (Courtesy of AFP) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) laid out...
A China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel is caught on camera while brandishing a pickaxe in front of an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldier during a resupply mission at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal on June 17, 2024. (Courtesy of AFP) The national government’s decision to use diplomacy...
Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. speaks during a press conference in Malacanang on June 24, 2024. (Courtesy of RTVM livestream) The national government is not inclined to publish the schedule of future rotation and resupply (RORE) mission in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, Department of...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. bestows the Order of Lapu-Lapu Rank of Kampilan to Seaman First Class Underwater Operator Jeffrey Facundo during a ceremony at Camp General Artemio Ricarte in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on June 23, 2024. Facundo lost his right thumb when a China Coast Guard (CCG)...
A China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel is caught on camera while brandishing a pickaxe in front of an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldier during a resupply mission at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal on June 17, 2024. (Courtesy of AFP) The national government is not keen on invoking the...
The National Maritime Council (NMC) has recommended to President Marcos to publicize the rotation and resupply (RORE) missions to the Ayungin Shoal as it raised the possibility that the recent incident in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) may have been due to China possibly not being informed of the...
(Top photo, left) General Yoshihide Yoshida, Chief of Joint Staff of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) meets General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), via video teleconference on June 20, 2024 to discuss China Coast Guard’s (CCG) aggression during...
China has accused the Philippines of attempting a “long-term occupation” of Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal and defended the June 17 China Coast Guard (CCG) action as “professional” and “restrained.” Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian speaks during a press conference on Wednesday,...
A China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel is caught on camera while brandishing a pickaxe in front of an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldier during a resupply mission at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal on June 17, 2024. (Courtesy of AFP) Talks about the Philippines and United States’...
