Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel hand out humanitarian aid to Filipino fishermen in Bajo de Masinloc, Zambales. (Photo by PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has completed a nine-day patrol operation in Bajo de Masinloc (Panatag or Scarborough Shoal) in Zambales which allowed over 100...
Fishermen cast their net as a floating barrier is installed by Chinese vessels at Bajo de Masinloc on Sept. 20, 2023. (Photo by Philippine Coast Guard) The Philippines reiterated on Wednesday, Jan. 31, its sovereignty over Bajo de Masinloc or Scarborough Shoal amid China's repeated claim of the...
AFP spokesperson Col. Francel Margareth Padilla (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The Armed Forces of the Philippines will increase the frequency of its naval patrols in Bajo de Masinloc (Panatag or Scarborough Shoal) in Zambales following the latest harassment of China Coast Guard...
A China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel appears to grab a Filipino fishing boat from a Filipino fishermen off Bajo de Masinloc, Zambales on Jan. 12, 2024. The Philippine Coast Guard said the CCG directed the crew of the boat to return the sea shells he gathered back into the sea. (Courtesy of Wilfredo...
Senator Robinhood Padilla is pushing for the acquisition of Multi-Purpose Amphibious Aircraft (MPAA) for the Philippine Navy, in a bid to avoid a repeat of the incidents between the Philippines and China during the former's resupply missions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In his privilege speech...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, Dec. 11, said that it has filed two diplomatic protests—at the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing—and has summoned Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian to object two consecutive water cannon incidents at the West...
No one but the Philippines has a legitimate right to operate anywhere in the West Philippine Sea, President Marcos said as he condemned the latest aggression of China against Philippine vessels over the weekend. In a statement on Sunday night, Dec. 10, Marcos called out China Coast Guard and...
Defending its latest water cannon attack, the China Coast Guard asserted it took “control measures” against the Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea on Saturday, Dec. 9. China Coast Guard fires water cannon at a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel in Bajo de...
Several Philippine allies have called out China's recent water cannon attack against Philippine vessels and said such move is not the answer to resolving the ongoing dispute over the West Philippine Sea. Diplomats of the European Union, the United States, Japan and Canada on Saturday, Dec. 9, were...
Fishermen cast their net as a floating marker serving as a barrier is installed by Chinese vessels in Bajo de Masinloc on Sept. 20, 2023. (Photo by PCG) (UPDATED) A China Coast Guard (CCG) ship blasted water cannon at Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessels that were delivering...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has provided various forms of assistance to the families of the 14 fishermen involved in a maritime incident off the waters of Bajo de Masinloc in the West Philippine Sea on Oct. 2. Three of the fishermen were killed in the collision with a...
It is China, not the Philippines, that is intruding in Philippine waters, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said, asserting that the Navy frigate BRP Conrado Yap was operating in Bajo de Masinloc, part of the country's territory. BRP Conrado Yap (File photo) The DFA made the statement on...
