The civil society coalition “Atin Ito” is all set for its third civilian mission to the West Philippine Sea (WPS) beginning Monday, May 26, which is expected to last until May 30 and will feature yet another unprecedented initiative – a sea concert to promote peace, unity, and solidarity in...
(Photo: Philippine Military Academy) Young cadets of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) went out of their learning base at Fort Del Pilar in Baguio City recently to immerse themselves and train at Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), where tense confrontations between Philippine and...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (File photo/ Speaker’s Office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez praised the 230 residents of the remote Pag-asa Island in Palawan for their dedication and sacrifice in connection with living on a precarious but...
Pag-asa Island (AFP) Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. said the Department of Transportation (DOTr) will allocate P300 million for the construction of a new sheltered port on Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to further spur...
A view of the flares launched by China from Zamora (Subi) Reef against a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft during a maritime domain awareness flight within the territorial sea of Pag-asa (Thitu) Island on Aug. 22, 2024. (Photo: PCG) What Department...
​​China said there is nothing to worry about its new Coast Guard regulation on detention of anyone who is found trespassing into its waters as long as he or she has "not done anything illicit." Wang Wenbin, spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, made the pronouncement as...
PAG-ASA ISLAND, Palawan--Senators who flew to Pag-asa island on Thursday, May 16, personally encountered China's bullying when it comes to asserting its claim over the West Philippine Sea (WPS), and were met with verbal challenges on the radio to leave their supposed territory. Senate President...
A Philippine Coast Guard personnel teaches students in Pag-asa Island. (Photo courtesy of PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed a team of doctors, nurses, and teachers to Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to improve community welfare and education in the remote area....
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (Facebook) A long-time member of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) is supporting House Speaker Martin Romualdez's high profile plan to to develop the 37.2-hectare Pag-asa Island in...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez expressed his gratitude to Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief-of-Staff General Romeo Brawner Jr. for accompanying him and a handful of other solons to Pag-asa Island in the...
From left to right: House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Majority Leader Manuel Jose "Mannix" Dalipe, and House Minority Leader Marcelino "Nonoy" Libanan (Speaker’s office) Ranking House of Representatives members led by Speaker Martin Romualdez paid their final...
The party of House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (middle) pose for a commemorative photo on Pag-asa Island during their visit on Oct. 5, 2023. (Photo courtesy of House of Representatives via Armed Forces of the Philippines) Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the...
