The Philippines will continue to defend and assert its rights and jurisdiction in the Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal despite insistent claims of territorial rights by China, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday, Aug. 12. In a statement on the Aug. 11 incident at the Scarborough...
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs hit the Philippines anew about the recent confrontation between the China Coast Guard (CCG) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) off the disputed Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal on Monday, Aug. 11. In a transcript of the ministry’s regular press briefing on Monday,...
Tensions and conflict in the South China Sea (SCS) will not diminish in the foreseeable future as China increases its activities to tighten its grip on the key waterway, National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año said on Tuesday, May 6. In his speech at an online forum titled “Scarborough...
New Zealand called the recent action of China's Navy helicopter against an aircraft of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) over Bajo de Masinloc as "concerning" and poses risks undermining regional stability. A People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) helicopter flies over Bajo de...
China has warned the Philippines that it will take “stronger countermeasure” against Manila if it continues to take activities in the West Philippine Sea that Beijing, which claims the entire South China Sea as its own, finds provocative. China Defense spokesman Wu Qian made the pronouncement...
The Philippines has asserted its sovereignty over Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal as the country's envoy to the United Nations (UN) faced other members of the international body and rejected China's claim over the waters. Philippine Permanent Representative to the UN Antonio Lagdameo...
​China's embassy in Manila has said that it is firmly opposing and condemning United States Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson's supposed accusation that Beijing unlawfully used water cannons to attack Philippine vessels in Scarborough Shoal. The embassy alleged that Carlson...
The Philippines has filed yet another diplomatic protest against China after its vessel rammed into and fired water cannon at the Philippine vessels within the country’s waters in a move widely condemned by several other nations. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo said...
China on Wednesday, Dec. 4, claimed it was the Philippine vessel that rammed into the larger Chinese ship in the waters off Scarborough Shoal. While many countries already condemned China for ramming the Philippine vessel, China maintained they were not the one that did so. The Chinese Embassy in...
A China Coast Guard ship fires water cannon at a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel in Bajo de Masinloc, West Philippine Sea on Dec. 4, 2024. (Courtesy of National Task Force for West Philippine Sea) Tensions flared anew in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal) after...
China released over the weekend a portrait of Panatag Shoal (known in China as Huangyan Dao) that included its baseline claim of its territorial sea after the Philippine government passed two laws that affirmed its rights over it. China’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday, Nov. 10, that it released...
Fishermen cast their net as a floating marker serving as a barrier is installed by Chinese vessels at Bajo de Masinloc on Sept. 20, 2023. (Photo by PCG) A China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel fired a water cannon against a ship of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Bajo de Masinloc...
