The Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) should not be entrusted with the responsibilities of enforcing maritime laws in relation to its commitment to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) for conservation and management of highly migratory fish stocks, an official of the Philippine...
Department of National Defense (DND) Sec. Gilberto Teodoro Jr. (Photo: DND) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. sees the tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) spilling over the country’s skies, as what happened during the latest incident in Bajo de Masinloc...
China has said that the Philippines supposedly entered into airspace and violated international law that was why it had to fire flares into the path of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane, which President Marcos saw as reckless and illegal. Lin Jian, spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, on...
The Philippine government has protested China's firing of flares in the path of a Philippine Air Force (PAF) patrol plane over the West Philippine Sea. Ma. Teresita Daza, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson, confirmed the government's move, while the Chinese Embassy in Manila on...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Facebook) Ranking congressmen have noted Vice President Sara Duterte's "defeaning silence" amid the latest act of Chinese aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). This, as Assistant Majority Leaders Paolo...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez said that the reported endangerment by two Chinese fighter jets of a Philippine Air Force (PAF) plane conducting routine patrol over Bajo de Masinloc "does not...
From left to right: Reps. Jil Bongalon (Ako-Biicol Party-list), Paolo Ortega V (La Union), and Zia Alonto Adiong (Lanao del Sur) (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Members of the "Young Guns" bloc in the House of Representatives are calling for the...
The maritime situation in the West Philippine Sea has yet to calm, yet there is already a looming concern on the instability in the country's airspace. President Marco lamented this as he condemned on Sunday, Aug. 11, the air incident in Bajo de Masinloc earlier this week, stressing that the...
Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada on Sunday, August 11 renewed his call for the Chinese government to immediately stop its aggression against the Philippines. Estrada made the appeal after the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) accused China’s air force of...
File photo shows a Philippine Air Force NC-212i propeller aircraft, June 11, 2018. (Photo: PAF) From overlapping maritime claims in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), China has taken its territorial dispute with the Philippines in the airspace. General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MA Manila 3rd district Rep. Joel Chua wondered out loud what Vice President Sara Duterte's stance is on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) issue. This, as Chua denied on Saturday, Aug. 10 the Vice...
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 blamed by the Philippine Coast Guard on China. (Photo by PCG) Sabina Shoal, or locally known...
