House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) MASINLOC, Zambales--House Speaker Martin Romualdez has assured the people here, particularly the harassment-weary fishermen, that they have the full support of President...
China has issued a warning that the Philippines will bear the consequences for the flotilla of civilian ships that sailed over Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal in a bid to assert the country’s territorial sovereignty over it. Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China’s Foreign...
The Pentagon asserted that China’s latest action against two Philippine vessels endangered not only the lives but also of livelihood of Filipinos, even as the international community backed the Philippines in the latest sea incident. Meanwhile, China justified the its Coast Guard’s...
Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels subjected a Philippine Coast Guard patrol ship to water cannon attacks near the Bajo de Masinloc on Monday, April 29, 2024. (photo from the video posted by PCG spokesperson for WPS Comm. Jay Tarriela on X (formerly Twitter). A patrol vessel of the Philippine Coast...
A China Coast Guard ship tails survey vessel BRP Hydrographer Ventura near Bajo de Masinloc in the West Philipoine Sea. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) A China Coast Guard (CCG) ship has closely followed a survey vessel of the government near Bajo de Masinloc (Panatag or Scarborough...
The Philippines on Monday, March 4, told China it is not provoking any trouble in the West Philippine Sea as its operations have always been lawful under international law. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) asserted this as Beijing claimed that Manila's actions in the waters, particularly...
China said on Monday, Feb. 26, it was necessary that it installed floating barriers in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal), an atoll that is part of the Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Mao Ning, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, justified Beijing's action, saying it was a...
Senator Francis Tolentino has filed a resolution seeking to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the reported alleged cyanide fishing of foreign fisherman in Bajo de Masinloc. In resolution no. 938, Tolentino cited the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) who disclosed that the...
BRP Datu Sanday, a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessel, is blocked by a China Coast Guard vessel and two Chinese maritime militia vessels while en route to Bajo de Masinloc to distribute fuel aid to Filipino fishermen on February 22, 2024. (Photo by PCG) The China Coast Guard (CCG)...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) denied the claim of its Chinese counterpart that it drove away a ship of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) at the Scarborough Shoal. Comm. Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson on West Philippine Sea, said the Chinese Coast Guard was referring to the...
Aside from navy, coast guard, and militia vessels, the Chinese government has already started deploying a drone in Bajo de Masinloc (Panatag or Scarborough Shoal) in Zambales, marking the latest development in the heating up maritime row between Manila and Beijing. Commo. Jay Tarriela, Philippine...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua is blocked by a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel during one of her patrol operations in Bajo de Masinloc, Zambales from Feb. 1 to 9, 2024. (Photo by PCG) Starting this February, civilian vessels of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and Bureau of...
