KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—President Marcos has strongly stated that the Philippines cannot step back from pursuing the conclusion of the Code of Conduct (COC) for South China Sea, stressing that stopping would mean failure. "Well, earlier I said that at heart I 'm an optimist. And that 's...
A helicopter and fighter jet of the United States Pacific Fleet crashed in the South China Sea on separate occasions on Sunday, Oct. 26. A post on X (formerly Twitter) by the US Pacific Fleet on Monday, Oct. 27, said that the US Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and the F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS) Commodore Jay Tarriela on Sunday, Oct. 26, fired a pointed response to Davao City 1st District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte’s recent remarks questioning the loyalty of Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Commandant Adm. Ronnie Gil Gavan underscored his vision of a “modern yet moral” coast guard during the agency’s 124th founding anniversary celebration on Thursday, Oct. 23, at the PCG headquarters in Manila. In his speech before President Marcos Jr. and First Lady...
The presence of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) alone in the West Philippine Sea brings hope to Filipino fishermen who constantly encounter uncertainties in their livelihood, President Marcos said. In his speech during the celebration of the 124th anniversary of PCG on Thursday, Oct. 23, Marcos...
Timor-Leste, which will soon finalize its membership to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), expressed its support for the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea and its commitment to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in ensuring peace and stability in...
Tropical Storm “Ramil” (international name: Fengshen) has moved over the West Philippine Sea after crossing Luzon, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) reported on Sunday, Oct. 19. In its Tropical Cyclone Bulletin No. 19 issued at 5 p.m.,...
The Philippines has already filed a total of 47 diplomatic protests this year against China’s aggressive and dangerous actions in the contested South China Sea, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Ma. Theresa Lazaro revealed on Tuesday, Oct. 14. The number does not include the...
Senators have called on the government of China to “act as a respectable and responsible member of the international community” as they again criticized Beijing’s latest attack against a Philippine government vessel that was traversing the West Philippine Sea. “We condemn in the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) confirmed on Tuesday, Oct. 14, that the Philippine Navy (PN) destroyed an erected steel structure in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal) in 1997, following an unauthorized construction attempt by Chinese forces. This should serve as a reminder...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has revealed that, for the first time, China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel issued a radio challenge claiming that the presence of Filipino fishing boats in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal) could damage what they called an “environmental reserve,”...
Two more civilian vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) were apparently hit by a water cannon by the China Coast Guard (CCG) near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed on Monday, Oct. 13. Aside from BRP Datu...
