The long-running dispute in the West Philippine Sea is set to reach the big screen through a new film that its creators hope will spark greater public awareness of one of the country 's most pressing national issues. Tentatively titled "Ang Mamatay Nang Dahil Sa 'yo," the film is being...
The national government on Monday, Aug. 3, rejected China’s announcement that it carried out joint naval and air combat exercises around Bajo de Masinloc or Scarbororugh Shoal (Panatag Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying available monitoring by security agencies did not support the...
Malacañang appeared unfazed by China 's objections and new rules covering Bajo de Masinloc, saying the Philippines would continue asserting its rights based on its own laws, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and the landmark 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award....
Public officials who refuse to uphold the country 's policy on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) have a legal duty either to question it before the courts or leave government service, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. said on Sunday, Aug. 2, in a clarification...
The Philippines has formally deposited with the United Nations its official nautical chart of Bajo de Masinloc and its surrounding maritime zones, placing the country 's baselines and the geographic extent of its claimed authority and jurisdiction around the shoal on the public international...
China has warned that it would "respond resolutely" if the Philippines continues what Beijing described as acts of infringement or provocation around Bajo de Masinloc, as it rejected Manila 's delimitation of territorial sea baselines around the disputed shoal. In a statement posted on the...
The Philippines has formally presented before the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) its partial submission seeking recognition of the country 's entitlement to an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the West Philippine Sea, covering the West Palawan...
The House of Representatives adopted during plenary session Wednesday, July 29 a resolution commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Philippines ' landmark 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) victory on the West Philippine Sea (WPS). House Resolution (HR) No. 1013, principally authored...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto perhaps best summed up President Marcos ' fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA): "Tamang timpla. Malaman at hindi bola-bola (Just the right mix. Substantive, not fluff).” In a statement on Monday evening, July 27, Recto said the President delivered "a fair...
President Marcos vowed that the government would continue defending the Philippines ' landmark 2016 arbitral victory in the West Philippine Sea, declaring that it would use "every peaceful and legal means" to uphold the ruling against any attempt to undermine it. In his fifth State of the...
A congressman from a province that directly faces the West Philippine Sea (WPS) says it would be a great "morale boost" for Filipinos to hear President Marcos reiterate the government 's commitment to protecting the country’s sovereignty in his State of the Nation Address (SONA). Zambales...
If the flood control project scandal was the overarching theme of President Marcos ' State of the Nation Address (SONA) in 2025, former House quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman Robert Ace Barbers says the Chief Executive should pick another emotionally-charged issue to discuss this...
