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Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commodore Jay Tarriela shows the inverted "D" pattern taken by a Chinese research vessel while surveying the waters of Batanes during a press conference in Manila on April 7, 2025. The vessel entered the Philippines' exclusive economic zone on April 2 and has been...

The Coast Guard Monitoring Station - Itbayat in Batanes is unveiled by the Philippine Coast Guard on May 23, 2024. (Photo by PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recently inaugurated a newly constructed monitoring station in Itbayat, Batanes which is believed to be a key infrastructure in...

President Marcos raised concern over the tensions across the Taiwan Strait. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. thanks Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during a working luncheon with business leaders in Hanoi, Vietnam on Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) Marcos made the statement...

  Senator Imelda “Imee” Marcos on Sunday, July 9, called on the government to equally monitor the entry of American aircraft and Chinese vessels into Philippine territory in order to assuage the already tense situation in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait.                     ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Ever since Communist China and Taiwan broke away from each other at the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949 the waterway separating them has been a tense geopolitical flashpoint. Just 130 kilometres (81 miles) wide at its narrowest point, the Taiwan Strait is a major...