US Secretary of Defense meets with American servicemen during his visit to the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on Nov. 19, 2024. (Courtesy of Austin / X )American servicemen who have been deployed to Palawan to be part of the...
The United States has ramped up its efforts to help the Philippines safeguard its sovereignty over the West Philippine Sea​ and recently creat​ed a dedicated task force for its ​ally in the region.​The task force is called Task Force-Ayungin, which is named after Ayungin...
US Secretary of Defense meets with American servicemen during his visit to the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on Nov. 19, 2024. (Photo: Austin / X account)The United States government has created a new military task force...
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...
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...
The Philippine government has protested China's firing of flares in the path of a Philippine Air Force (PAF) patrol plane over the West Philippine Sea.Ma. Teresita Daza, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson, confirmed the government's move, while the Chinese Embassy in Manila on Tuesday...
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...
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...
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...
China claimed that it monitored and gave prior approval to the Philippines' first resupply mission to BRP Sierra Madre that was conducted after Manila and Beijing made some new arrangements to manage tension at sea.However, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) already denied such a claim as it...
The first resupply mission to BRP Sierra Madre conducted after Manila and Beijing made some new arrangements to manage tension succeeded on Saturday, July 27."No untoward incidents were reported" when the Philippines commissioned civilian vessel MV Lapu-Lapu during the rotation and...
