AGNO, Pangasinan – Shabu worth P112.2 million in a plastic drum was recovered by a 29-year-old fisherman from this town on the West Philippine Sea on Sunday, August 18. A PLASTIC drum of suspected shabu was recovered in the West Philippine Sea in Bolinao, Pangasinan on Sunday, August 18. The...
National Security Adviser Eduardo Año and US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (Photo: NSC / Sullivan via X) National Security Adviser Eduardo Año and his American counterpart, United States National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, were alarmed by the recent aggressive actions of the...
Chinese Embassy in Manila has demanded the United States to stop interfering in maritime issues between the Philippines and China, accusing them of "sowing discord and fueling tensions." China Coast Guard (CCG) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels collide near Escoda Shoal in the West...
The Marcos administration already has officials serving as spokesperson on issues related to the West Philippine Sea—raising questions on why the President designated a new voice that will talk about maritime issues on the disputed waters. "Unified messaging" is what President Marcos wanted to...
The National Maritime Council (NMC) is looking into the possibility of elevating China’s recent aggressive action in the vicinity of Escoda (Sabina) Shoal before a United Nations (UN) body. China Coast Guard (CCG) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels collide near Escoda Shoal in the West...
Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad, Philipine Navy spokesperson for West Philippine Sea, says there were 129 Chinese vessels monitored in the WPS from Aug. 13 to 19, 2024. (Photo: Martin Sadongdong / MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippine Navy (PN) bared on Tuesday, Aug. 20, that it has monitored a...
Several members of the international community are siding with the Philippines after two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels were damaged following a collision with a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel in Escoda Shoal on Monday, Aug. 19. The ambassadors of the United States, Australia, Japan,...
Senators deplored China's actions anew after a collision with Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels in Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) during a resupply mission on Monday, Aug. 19. Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship BRP Cape Engaño sustains a hole with a diameter of 1.10...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has condemned “in the strongest terms" what he described on Monday, Aug. 19 as the "reckless and illegal maneuvers" executed by the China Coast Guard (CCG)...
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship BRP Cape Engaño sustains a hole with a diameter of 1.10 meters located on the starboard quarter after colliding with a China Coast Guard vessel in Escoda Shoal on Aug. 19, 2024. (Photo: PCG) Tensions flared anew in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) after Philippine...
A photo handout dated May 11, 2024 shows the dumping of dead and crushed corals on the sandbars of Escoda Shoal, 75 nautical miles from the coastline of Palawan, which resembles island-building activities. (Photo: Philippine Coast Guard) BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701), the biggest ship of the...
FA-50 light fighter jets of the Philippine Air Force fly with a B-52H bomber aircraft of the United States Pacific Air Force for its first ever combined air patrol over the West Philippine Sea on February 19, 2024. (Photo by PAF) As China takes its aggression in the contested features in the West...
