(File photo) The morale of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) troops remain high even after the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) recent aggression during a rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal which led to a severe injury inflicted on a Philippine Navy (PN)...
(File photo) A member of the Philippine Navy was severely injured when China Coast Guard (CCG) intentionally rammed the supply boats of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that were engaged in a resupply mission at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal on Monday, June 17. Col. Xerxes Trinidad, chief...
(L-R) US Department of Defense Sec. Lloyd J. Austin III and Department of National Defense Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Courtesy of Austin / X account) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto "Gibo" Teodoro Jr. spoke over the phone with United States Department of Defense (DoD)...
BRP Sierra Madre (File photo) The national government is not aware of and would not support any agreement between the Philippines and China to remove BRP Sierra Madre from Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) since it would be detrimental to the country's national...
A rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) reaches the starboard side of BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal to deliver fresh supplies for Filipino troops manning the outpost in the West Philippine Sea on March 23, 2024. (Courtesy of AFP) The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS),...
A rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) reaches the starboard side of BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal to deliver fresh supplies for Filipino troops manning the outpost in the West Philippine Sea on March 23, 2024. (Courtesy of Armed Forces of the Philippines) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)...
Civilians embark one of the civilian boats that joined the Atin Ito Coalition's resupply mission in the West Philippine Sea on Dec. 10, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Atin Ito Coalition / Facebook) A second resupply mission led by civilian stakeholders in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is currently in the...
No amount of dangerous maneuvers and deployment of water cannon will discourage the Philippines in continuing its rotation and resupply missions for Filipino troops on board the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal, the National Task Force-West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) said on Tuesday, March 5,...
A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel sustained minor damage after it figured in a collision with a Chinese vessel during a resupply mission for troops stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin Shoal on Tuesday, March 5. Commodore Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea,...
PN spokesperson for WPS Commo. Roy Vincent Trinidad answers questions from the media during a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City on Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo by Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has conducted 28 successful rotation and...
In what seemed to be a refreshing development in the tension-filled South China Sea, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said it has successfully conducted a "flawless" resupply mission for troops manning the BRP Sierra Madre outpost at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on...
AFP chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. (right) takes a photo with Vice Adm. Alberto Carlos (left), commander of Western Command, and soldiers manning BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, West Philippine Sea on Dec. 10, 2023. (Photo by AFP) The latest rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin Shoal...