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...
The Philippine government, through the National Task Force-West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS), has questioned and expressed doubts on the sincerity of China in its repeated calls for peaceful dialogue on the West Philippine Sea issues following the latest water cannon incident involving the China Coast...
A China Coast Guard vessel fires a water cannon during a resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Ayungin Shoal on Nov. 10, 2023. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) After expressing initial reluctance, the National Security Council (NSC) has allowed a civilian group to visit the...
BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal (File photo) The National Security Council (NSC) said Tuesday, Nov. 21, that it will not support any civilian mission in Ayungin (Second) Shoal in time for the Christmas season. This, after the Atin Ito coalition, a group of advocates fighting for the country's...
The Philippine government maintained that it will not seek permission from China to conduct a resupply mission to a grounded ship in the Ayungin Shoal despite Beijing’s protest that such missions infringed into its territory, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday, Nov. 16. BRP...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Commodore Jay Tarriela (File photo) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) managed to make its closest approach to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal during the latest rotation and resupply (RoRe) mission there last Nov. 10 since Chinese...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Facebook) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has branded the China Coast Guard's (CCG) state of activities in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as a "serious escalation of the illegal activities...
A China Coast Guard vessel fires a water cannon during a resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in Ayungin Shoal on Nov. 10, 2023. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) The resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines for troops stationed onboard BRP Sierra Madre in...
China Coast Guard ship "5203" fires a water cannon to drive away Philippine supply boats during a resupply mission of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in Ayungin Shoal on Nov. 10, 2023. (Courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) Coast guard ships equipped with a water cannon should not use it to...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (Facebook) Cagayan de Oro 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is calling on the government to ditch resupply missions to troops in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) via boat and instead do them via...
The Philippines and China have exchanged "demarches", or diplomatic actions, following a recent Philippine resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) that allegedly led to water cannon attack by a China Coast Guard vessel. Wang Wenbin, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, said Friday night...
Japan said it was not tolerating any action that would raise tension in the South China Sea after the Philippines accused China of attacking one of its supply ships with a water cannon in the waters off Ayungin Shoal. In a statement on X, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Koshikawa Kazuhiko...
