The Philippine government must act now to protect and make use of the Reed Bank, a part of the West Philippine Sea that is being claimed by China, as energy prices might eventually shoot up due to the country's depleting resources, retired senior associate justice Antonio Carpio said Thursday,...
Authorities from the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) were contacting their counterparts from China when Chinese coast guard, navy, and maritime militia vessels performed dangerous maneuvers and fired water cannon at Philippine vessels near Ayungin (Second Thoms) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea...
US' efforts to capacitate Philippine troops in their naval operations as well as its supposed attempts to bring more nations supportive of Manila's claim over the West Philippine Sea "will lead nowhere," the Chinese Embassy in Manila said. The embassy's warning came as China also kept...
China claimed Tuesday, August 8, it had repeatedly offered the Philippines initiatives to manage disagreement over the Ayungin Shoal, in a show of its "goodwill and sincerity," but the latter continued disregarding such. The Chinese Embassy in Manila made the pronouncement...
There is no need for the Philippine government to go on panic-buying when shopping for modern defense equipment even though tensions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) remains high. Sen. Francis "Chiz" Escudero (Senate PRIB Photo) Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero stressed the tensions in...
Contrary to China’s claims, the Philippines has not committed to remove BRP Sierra Madre on Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal as it serves as the country’s military outpost for Filipino troops in the area that is now becoming the latest flashpoint between Manila and Beijing. Soldiers onboard BRP...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Tuesday, August 8 has urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. will uphold the country’s sovereign rights on the West Philippine Sea with the help of the global community. Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go (Photo courtesy of O/S Bong Go)...
China is standing by its claim over the West Philippine Sea and has even made various demands, including telling the Philippines to remove its military vessel from its waters and demanding the US to stop using the South China Sea issue to sow discord among countries in the region, in clear...
Senator Raffy T. Tulfo is angry about a government program sending high-ranking officials of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in China to study and train at its military academy with the Chinese government paying all expenses. This program was divulged by Senator Francis...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Monday, August 7, it is not yet time for the Philippines to say if the recent water cannon attack perpetrated by China against Philippine personnel already warrants the invocation of Washington's Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with Manila. "I think it's a...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (left,) Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. made the right call in consulting first the country's military leaders on the supposed illegal use of water cannons by China Coast...
Senate President Juan Miguel F. Zubiri on Monday, August 7, said the “provocative, illegal and dangerous”maneuvers by a Chinese Guard vessel on a smaller Philippine Coast Guard vessel last week in the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is the latest manifestation of China’s “might vs....
