The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) bared Friday, Nov. 15, that it successfully brought food and other provisions for troops guarding the BRP Sierra Madre (LS57) military outpost in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The rotation and reprovison (RORE) mission held...
Philippine Air Force (PAF) and Philippine Marine Corps (PMC) personnel, as well as other volunteers load packages of relief goods into a Sokol helicopter for a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission in Batanes on Oct. 11, 2024. (Photo: PAF) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) facilitated...
Troops stand on the edge of M/V Lapu-Lapu as it approaches BRP Sierra Madre during a successful resupply mission to Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Sept. 27, 2024. (Courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) successfully held a rotation and...
ACT-CIS Party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, MANILA BULLETIN) ACT-CIS party-list Rep. Erwin Tulfo is prodding the Marcos administration to accept the offer of the United States (US)...
Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) backed the Pampanga Electric Cooperative Inc. II (PELCO) Cares Program, a medical mission organized by PELCO II for Barangay Jose Abad Santos, Guagua, Pampanga recently. A RESIDENT avails of services during a medical mission in Guagua, Pampanga supported by...
The Philippines and China have agreed to exchange information during the former's resupply missions to the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in the Ayungin Shoal in a bid to manage tension in the waters. Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo on Tuesday, July 30, said it was not "prior notification," but...
A French Air and Space Force (FASF) pilot shakes hands with a Philippine Air Force (PAF) officer upon arriving at Clark Air Base in Pampanga for the PEGASE 2024 air mission on July 27, 2024. (Photo: PAF) A 200-member detachment from the French Air and Space Force (FASF) arrived in the country for...
China has been accused by the Philippines of "mischaracterizing" facts to make it appear like the latter compromised its position in the South China Sea issue. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) hit Beijing for doing so, calling its previous statement as "inaccurate," "false," and...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) balked at how the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson chose to “misrepresent” the rotation and reprovisioning (RORE) deal reached between the Philippines and China, stressing instead that Manila has agreed to the deal “in good faith.” “It is...
The PEGASE mission, an annual French Air and Space Force-led deployment in the Indo-Pacific, has arrived in the Philippines, the French Embassy announced. France's Rafale fighter jets (Photo from French Embassy in the Philippines) "The #PEGASE24 mission has arrived at the Clark...
BRP Sierra Madre (File photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines) Nine Chinese vessels were monitored by Philippine authorities during the July 27 rotation and resupply (RORE) mission to BRP Sierra Madre outpost in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, the National Security Council (NSC) said on Sunday, July...
A China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel is caught on camera while brandishing a pickaxe in front of an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) soldier during a resupply mission at BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal on June 17, 2024. (Courtesy of AFP) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) recognized...
