China Coast Guard ship "3105" is monitored by the Philippine Coast Guard around 95 nautical miles off the coast of Zambales on March 8, 2025. (Photo: PCG) The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said that BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409) pushed back against an advancing China Coast Guard (CCG) ship that was three...
Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo denied China’s claims that Manila has launched a smear campaign to pit Beijing against Western powers in the South China Sea issue. DFA Secretary Enrique Manalo and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (Photos from DFA, AP) In a...
AJ Lim, one of the country’s tennis veterans, is looking at competing in various International Tennis Federation (ITF) across Asia to prepare him for regional events including the Southeast Asian Games in Thailand in December. File Photo (AJ Lim Instagram) The 25-year-old Davis Cupper also guns...
China accused the Philippines of turning the South China Sea dispute into a “shadow play” meant to smear Beijing and allow “external forces” to undermine peace and stability in the region. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi leaves a press conference on the sideline of the National People's...
PCG Admiral Ronnie Gil Gavan presides over the Donning and Promotion Ceremony, where Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) was elevated from the rank of auxiliary commodore to auxiliary vice admiral of the PCG, held at the Manila Golf and Country Club in Makati City Thursday afternoon. Assisting...
M/V Lapu-Lapu docks alongside BRP Sierra Madre during an unimpeded rotation and resupply mission at Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on March 4, 2025. (Photo: Armed Forces of the Philippines) (UPDATED) The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) delivered food supplies and rotated its...
The chairperson of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, March 4, condemned China’s unfounded claim over Palawan through videos being circulated on Chinese social media. Pangasinan 3rd district Rep. Rachel Arenas maintained the Philippines’ full sovereignty over the island...
Thick smoke billows from BRP Sierra Madre, a Philippine Navy (PN) warship grounded on Ayungin Shoal in the Spratly Islands, West Philippine Sea, on Feb. 28, 2025. According to the PN, troops onboard the ship conducted a fire drill. (Courtesy of China Global Television Network / X account) A fire...
Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (Mark Balmores/ MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines could opt to "strengthen its position" in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) by pursuing pacts with other countries similar to its 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) with its long-time ally,...
Senators on Sunday, March 2 denounced the Chinese social media platforms that claim China has jurisdiction and ownership of Palawan Island. “This latest baseless and inaccessible historical fiction, as asserted by our National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), on...
Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (PPAB) Cagayan de Oro City 2nd district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is up in arms over Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo's statement the country was open to...
ILOILO CITY – One-hundred young Olive ridley sea turtles were recently released at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. ONE-HUNDRED young Olive Ridley turtles were released at world-famous Boracay Island recently. (DENR-6 CENRO Boracay) The Department of Environment and...
