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...
China has said that the Philippines supposedly entered into airspace and violated international law that was why it had to fire flares into the path of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane, which President Marcos saw as reckless and illegal. Lin Jian, spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, on...
Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (File photo: Philippine Air Force) Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said on Monday, Aug. 12, that he expects China’s harassment of aerial patrols by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Sunday, August 11 renewed his call for the Chinese government to immediately stop its aggression against the Philippines. Estrada made the appeal after the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) accused China’s air force of...
File photo shows a Philippine Air Force NC-212i propeller aircraft, June 11, 2018. (Photo: PAF) From overlapping maritime claims in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), China has taken its territorial dispute with the Philippines in the airspace. General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed...
A China Coast Guard vessel deploys rigid-hull inflatable boats to offer help in rescuing Filipino fishermen whose boat suffered an engine explosion in the vicinity waters of Bajo de Masinloc in Zambales on June 29, 2024. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) In a rare move, the China Coast Guard...
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) The Philippine Navy (PN) said Tuesday, May 28, that it does not honor the unilateral fishing ban imposed by China in the South China Sea which...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Displaced fisherfolk from Masinloc, Zambales have asked visiting lawmakers to address their concerns and challenges in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) amid China’s continued aggression that threatens their safety and livelihood....
Masinloc Mayor Arsenia Lim (left), President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos Jr. (MANILA BULLETIN) MASINLOC, Zambales--Mayor Arnesia Lim of this town says it's time for President Marcos to pay her back. "Kaya po ngayon po, ako ay maniningiil para sa...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. graces the 126th Philippine Navy anniversary at the Navy's headquarters in Manila on May 24, 2024. (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. did not mince words when he spoke on Friday,...
