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There are now fewer Chinese ships at the Escoda (Sabina) Shoal because of the bad weather, National Maritime Council (NMC) spokesperson Undersecretary Alexander Lopez said on Thursday, Sept. 19, adding that nature has become the Philippines “ally.”   A flag-raising activity is conducted by...

Continuous monitoring of the country's territory in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in needed to prevent and halt environment degradation, an expert said. Dr. Jonathan Anticamara of the University of the Philippines Institute of Biology made this call during a forum in Quezon City on Saturday, June...

Over 100 additional ships were detected within the country’s maritime waters in the West Philippine Sea, a United States-based geospatial and data analyst firm reported. In a data released by US geospatial intelligence firm Simularity on Sunday, June 20, it said that the number of ships in the...

The Philippine government has protested the "prolonged presence" and "illegal activities" of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa Island and demanded their immediate pullout from the area. (DFA) The Department of Foreign Affairs, in filing the latest diplomatic protest, asserted that the country has...

After withdrawing from the Julian Felipe Reef when the Philippine government filed diplomatic protests, some of the Chinese vessels believed to be manned by Chinese militias still remain in the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a United States-based...