Senator Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito on Tuesday, February 14 slammed the recent aggression displayed by the Chinese Coast Guard against the Philippine crew near Ayungin Shoal. On February 6, 2023, a CCG vessel flashed a military grade laser light at the BRP Malapascua, temporarily blinding some of...
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is open to the idea of forging a Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with Japan but stressed that it should not look provocative so as not to escalate tensions in the South China Sea. President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. talks to the media onboard...
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have expressed “serious concern” about the current situation in the East and South China Seas and called for the peace and stability in the region. In their joint statement during Marcos’ working visit to...
The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) will make a thorough assessment of the Philippine’s education system over the next three years with the aim of coming up with solutions to the problems plaguing the sector. Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, one of the six...
"More frequent to regular presence" of large-scale foreign fishing fleets, particularly from China, is expected in our territorial waters should constitutional reform or Charter Change (Cha-Cha) push through, a fishers' group warned on Monday, Feb. 6. Personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)...
Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa on Monday, February 6 admitted he has qualms regarding the expanded Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and United States (US), saying he will study the latest development. “Masasabi ko, 50-50 ako dyan (I can say I am 50-50 in...
Senators on Friday, February 3 welcomed the expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) between the Philippines and the United States (US) saying they see it as a means to help promote regional stability and cooperation. “We should always be bold in our decisions based solely...
The Philippines and United States have agreed to conduct joint maritime patrol operations in the South China Sea (SCS) to ensure peace and stability in the troubled waters. (L-R) United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III and Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr....
JCI Manila’s ‘Sea of Life’ has helped restore marine life around the Philippines, specifically in Batangas, Bohol, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Cebu, lloilo, and La Union By Lauren Wendell C. Ng WATER WORLD Due to reef degradation, only five percent of our country reef's remain The Philippines is...
BACOLOD CITY -- The city government of Sipalay in Negros Occidental, through its Bantay Dagat, released a new batch of sea turtle hatchlings at Poblacion beach on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Bantay Dagat personnel release 45 hatchlings of Olive Ridley sea turtles at Poblacion beach in Sipalay City, Negros...
The Philippines must take advantage of its allies in terms of conducting joint maritime operations, considering its limited resources in strengthening its capacity against possible attacks. This was what Retired Rear Admiral Rommel Jude Ong, a maritime security expert, believed in as he noted that...
The China Coast Guard (CCG) has maintained near-daily patrol operations at several features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) last year, a United States think tank revealed, as Filipino maritime security experts warned the government about China’s new political ploy to allegedly establish a secure...
