China should be held accountable for the numerous times it encroaches Philippine territory and endangering the lives of the Filipino people. “I condemn in the strongest possible terms the recurrent and unauthorized entry of Chinese maritime forces into the Philippines' territorial...
Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers (Contributed photo) Surigao del Norte 2nd district Rep. Robert Ace Barbers has issued a painfully simple appeal to the Chinese government--one that even a grade school student can...
Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman (Facebook) Independent minority solon Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman has called out the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) for its alleged "criminal acts" that led to injuries on members of the Philippine Navy on the West...
AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. (File photo) General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), condemned China Coast Guard’s (CCG) recent aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) which caused injury to a Philippine Navy (PN) personnel. In response, the...
Senate Majority Leader Francis "Tol" Tolentino on Tuesday, June 18 asked the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to seek assistance from the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in delivering food supplies to Filipino soldiers stationed at the grounded BRP Sierra Madre at the Ayungin (Second...
Defense Secretary Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. graces the 126th Philippine Navy anniversary at the Navy's headquarters in Manila on May 24, 2024. (Photo by Noel Pabalate / MANILA BULLETIN) Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. directed the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
Foreign envoys from United Kingdom, Japan, European Union, France, and United States, among others, condemned anew China’s latest disruptive actions in the West Philippine Sea, reiterating their call to adherence to international laws. On June 17, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)...
A Philippine civilian mission of volunteers and fishermen to West Philippine Sea (Akabayan Party's Facebook page) The Philippine Air Force (PAF) said Sunday, June 16, that it will continue to hold maritime patrol over the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as part of its inherent duty to protect Filipinos...
National Security Adviser (NSA) Eduardo Año (File photo) The National Security Council (NSC) was elated with the recent expression of support for the Philippines of seven of the world’s most powerful economies, known as G7, amid China’s aggression in the South China Sea. National Security...
Taiwan said it will work with like-minded countries to address the effects of China’s Coast Guard Order No. 3 which it said increased regional tensions. Philippine authorities and Filipino fishermen in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal). (File photo) Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Senate Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino has told Filipino fisherfolk to exercise precautions as they sail to fish in their traditional fishing grounds in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). This, as...
The Philippines has officially filed for the country's entitlement to an extended continental shelf (ECS) in the West Palawan Region in the West Philippine Sea. DFA photo The Philippine Mission to the United Nations in New York submitted the information to the United Nations (UN) Commission on the...
