Chinese President Xi Jinping was “quiet and stoic” when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. raised the country’s issues on the West Philippine Sea at the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit held last month in San Francisco. Senate President Juan Miguel...
The highest ranking military officials of the Philippines and the United States have committed to maintain close coordination and increased military cooperation amid the increasing cases of harassment of China on local vessels in the West Philippine Sea. General Romeo Brawner Jr, Chief of Staff of...
FUJIAN, China—Beijing's top diplomat in Manila protested the Philippines' presence in the West Philippine Sea when he responded to the government's summons following two consecutive water cannon attacks by China on Filipino vessels. Citing the state news agency Xinhua, the Chinese Embassy in...
Flag of China (Unsplash) House of Representatives members have raised serious concerns over local television network SMNI's reported partnership with China Global Television Network (CGTN), citing negative implications on information dissemination in light...
International support is pouring in for the Philippines after its vessels became the latest targets of water cannon attacks by the China Coast Guard (CCG) in the West Philippine Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Dec. 11. Speaking in a Palace briefing, DFA...
NTF-WPS spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (Screenshot courtesy of RTVM livestream) China's deliberate hit on a civilian Philippine supply boat carrying the top Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) official during the latest resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is not considered an act of...
The lowering of tensions in the South China Sea, which President Marcos and Chinese President Xi Jinping talked about the last time they met in the United States, remains off track. Even the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised questions on whatever happened to the agreement between Marcos...
NTF-WPS spokesperson Jonathan Malaya (Screenshot via RTVM livestream) The Philippine government accused China of proliferating fake news and false information over the latest collision of its vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The National Task Force for West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS)...
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...
AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. (right) takes a photo with soldiers manning BRP Sierra Madre on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Dec. 10, 2023 after a successful resupply mission. The supply boat boarded by Brawner to Ayungin was rammed by a China Coast Guard ship, according to the...
President Marcos will discuss the recent developments in the contested West Philippine Sea with the Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this week, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Monday, Dec. 11. DFA Assistant Secretary Daniel Espiritu speaks to the...
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...
