The Philippines has formally deposited with the United Nations its official nautical chart of Bajo de Masinloc and its surrounding maritime zones, placing the country 's baselines and the geographic extent of its claimed authority and jurisdiction around the shoal on the public international...
China has warned that it would "respond resolutely" if the Philippines continues what Beijing described as acts of infringement or provocation around Bajo de Masinloc, as it rejected Manila 's delimitation of territorial sea baselines around the disputed shoal. In a statement posted on the...
The death toll among Filipino seafarers caught in attacks on commercial ships in the northern Black Sea has risen to three as the government stepped up repatriation efforts and barred deployment to the conflict zone, Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac said on Saturday,...
Alas Pilipinas produced a gallant fight before yielding to host Vietnam, 27-29, 17-25, 25-20, 19-25, in the first leg opener of the 2026 Women’s SEA V. Cup at the Dong Anh Gymnasium in Hanoi Friday, July 31. Team Philippines, led by former National University teammates Alyssa Solomon and Bella...
JOMALIG, Quezon – A large sea turtle (pawikan) was rescued and returned to the sea in Sitio Sadong, Barangay Talisoy, this town, on July 30. Village councilor Antonio Acunin and his brothers Marcial and Jojo noticed their three dogs barking incessantly and discovered a sea turtle that crawled...
The Philippines has formally presented before the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) its partial submission seeking recognition of the country 's entitlement to an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the West Philippine Sea, covering the West Palawan...
The House of Representatives adopted during plenary session Wednesday, July 29 a resolution commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Philippines ' landmark 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) victory on the West Philippine Sea (WPS). House Resolution (HR) No. 1013, principally authored...
ILOILO CITY – Three Ilonggo seafarers appealed to the government to bring them back home after surviving a drone attack against their cargo vessel on the Black Sea last July 18 as the Russia-Ukraine war escalated. The shipping company which owns MV Inase still wants the all-Filipino crew to...
Executive Secretary Ralph Recto perhaps best summed up President Marcos ' fifth State of the Nation Address (SONA): "Tamang timpla. Malaman at hindi bola-bola (Just the right mix. Substantive, not fluff).” In a statement on Monday evening, July 27, Recto said the President delivered "a fair...
President Marcos vowed that the government would continue defending the Philippines ' landmark 2016 arbitral victory in the West Philippine Sea, declaring that it would use "every peaceful and legal means" to uphold the ruling against any attempt to undermine it. In his fifth State of the...
A congressman from a province that directly faces the West Philippine Sea (WPS) says it would be a great "morale boost" for Filipinos to hear President Marcos reiterate the government 's commitment to protecting the country’s sovereignty in his State of the Nation Address (SONA). Zambales...
If the flood control project scandal was the overarching theme of President Marcos ' State of the Nation Address (SONA) in 2025, former House quad-committee (quad-comm) overall chairman Robert Ace Barbers says the Chief Executive should pick another emotionally-charged issue to discuss this...
