An Acero-class patrol vessel of the Philippine Navy is delivered by Israel Shipyard Ltd. at Pier 15 in South Harbor, Manila on Sept. 17, 2024. (Photo: Philippine Fleet) Two additional fast attack interdiction craft-missile (FAIC-M) platforms from Israel have been delivered to the country as the...
Two-hundred fifty-one Chinese vessels, including three research ships, were spotted operating in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Navy (PN) said Tuesday, Sept. 24, setting a new record-high in terms of China's (WPS) deployment within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the...
Chinese coast guard, navy, and maritime militia vessels flocked Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Navy (PN) disclosed on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The week-long monitoring of the PN from Sept. 10 to 16 revealed that there were 157 Chinese vessels in the WPS, which is...
Two German ships arrived in Manila port, which marked the first time in over 20 years, to emphasize Germany’s “global commitment” to a rules-based international order and “free and secure shipping routes,” German Ambassador to Manila Andreas Pfaffernoschke said on Monday, Sept. 16. ...
(File photo) A Philippine Navy (PN) intelligence specialist who was found dead in Sto. Tomas, Batangas over the weekend was killed while working on a secret mission. PN spokesperson Commander John Percie Alcos said the intelligence specialist, whose identity was withheld pending the results of...
Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad, Philippine Navy spokesperson for West Philippine Sea, addresses the media during a press conference in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Sept. 10, 2024. (Photo by Martin A. Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Navy (PN) spotted 207 Chinese vessels in the West...
China continues to flex its muscles in the West Philippine Sea with the presence of 40 more vessels last week compared to what was monitored by the Philippine Navy in the previous week. A total of 163 Chinese vessels were monitored from Aug. 20 to 26 but the Philippine Navy said it increased to 203...
West Philippine Sea (File photo) A total of 163 Chinese ships were monitored by the Philippine Navy (PN) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in the past week, a period marked by a series of hostile engagements at sea between the two countries. The deployment was recorded from Aug. 20 to 26, which was...
The Mexican Navy sail training ship ARM Cuauhtemoc (BE01) docks in Manila on Aug. 9, 2024 for a goodwill visit. (Photo: Philippine Navy) The ARM Cuauhtemoc (BE01), a sail training ship operated by the Mexican Navy, anchored in Manila on Friday, Aug. 9, for a goodwill visit and an exercise with the...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Wednesday, August 7 dismissed former senator Antonio Trillanes IV’s latest accusation against him and former president Rodrigo Duterte as another “rehashed” black propaganda. Go stated this after Trillanes filed a second plunder complaint...
A second plunder complaint involving P16 billion was filed by former senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV against former President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Sen. Christopher "Bong" T. Go before the Department of Justice (DOJ). This time, Duterte, Go and 10 other persons were named as respondents in the P16...
A photo handout dated May 11, 2024 shows the dumping of dead and crushed corals on the sandbars of Escoda Shoal, 75 nautical miles from the coastline of Palawan, which resembles island-building activities blamed by the Philippine Coast Guard on China. (Photo by PCG) Sabina Shoal, or locally known...
