Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro has barred the Department of National Defense (DND) from making any contact with the Chinese Embassy in Manila over what he described as devious machination to manipulate and the discussion on the West Philippine Sea. “I reiterate that I have disallowed any...
The Philippine military had supposedly entered early this year into an agreement with China over the South China Sea, the Chinese embassy in Manila claimed Saturday, May 4. The embassy said that Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command agreed to a "new model" on the management of...
Defense chiefs of the Philippines, the United States, Japan and Australia have slammed China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea, prompting them to line up recent more quadrilateral maritime actions to assert rules-based order in the waters. Department of National Defense (DND)...
The defense chiefs of the United States, Australia, Japan and the Philippines have expressed serious concerns over the repeated harassments of China on local vessels, the latest was the incident near the Scarborough Shoal where two Chinese Coast Guard vessels used high-pressure water cannons on a...
(Armed Forces of the Philippines) San Narciso, Zambales——The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) is asking members of the media to keep Filipinos informed about the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue as tensions continue to escalate in the...
The Philippines has rejected China’s claim that it is being used as “pawn” by the United States and is not letting Beijing’s actions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) go unchallenged. Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo on Friday, May 8, said in a speech...
China claimed that the Philippines had to limit the area where Filipino fishermen could fish and where Filipino troops could fly over and navigate in the Scarborough Shoal. That's what the Philippines supposedly entered into with China seven years ago to manage differences over the South China Sea,...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) China's continuing aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has placed the spotlight on the need for a stronger Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), House Deputy Majority Leader Tingog...
Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte (Rep. Villafuerte's office) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has underscored the importance of passing the Malacañang-endorsed bill reviving the Mandatory Reserve Officers’...
China’s embassy in Manila on Thursday, May 2, shrugged off several countries’ expression of concern over the Chinese aggression on the Philippine vessels by saying they do not represent the international community and are just only taking side. The embassy also blamed President Marcos’...
The Pentagon asserted that China’s latest action against two Philippine vessels endangered not only the lives but also of livelihood of Filipinos, even as the international community backed the Philippines in the latest sea incident. Meanwhile, China justified the its Coast Guard’s...
ATIMONAN, Quezon – The remains of a leatherback sea turtle was found in the seashore of Barangay Caridad Ibaba here on Labor Day. THE remains of a leatherback sea turtle were found at Coco Pier in Barangay Caridad Ibaba in Atimonan, Quezon on Labor Day. (Photo via Danny Estacio) The...
