The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced Saturday, August 19, that it will hold another rotation and reprovision (RORE) mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), Palawan after the botched August 5 operation where Chinese vessels fired jets of water at...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has conveyed to Congress that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has given the go-signal to oil and gas exploration and drilling activities in the country, including at the disputed waters of the West Philippine Sea (WPS). When quizzed by Representative France Castro...
The Philippine government will not stop the Filipino fishermen from fishing in the West Philippine Sea as it refused to acknowledge China’s unilaterally imposed fishing ban. “We do not recognize China’s fishing ban,” the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Friday, August 18. DFA said...
(OCTA Research) An independent survey conducted by the OCTA Research bared that most Filipino adults are in favor of strengthening and expanding military cooperation between the United States (US) and the Philippines to address the territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). The survey...
(Wikipedia) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga has committed to inform congressmen about the actual magnitude of China’s incursions in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Receiving this commitment Wednesday, Aug. 16...
The need for US Congress to declare war should there be an armed conflict between the Philippines and China over their West Philippine Sea (WPS) territorial dispute is not absolute. Sen. Imelda "Imee" Marcos (Senate PRIB Photo) This was the assessment of Senator Imee Marcos,...
Sweden is standing with the Philippines amid the latter’s territorial row with China in the South China Sea (SCS), the Department of National Defense (DND) disclosed on Wednesday, Aug. 16. (L-R) Swedish Ambassador to the Philippines Annika Thunborg and Department of National Defense Secretary...
Seven years after the Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague ruled in favor of the Philippines in its dispute with China on the West Philippine Sea, Filipinos were asked recently by OCTA Research on the top three measures they believe the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr....
The administration of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was “conspicuously silent” over issues concerning the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said on Tuesday, August 15. Sen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada (Senate PRIB Photo) In his privilege speech at the...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has no verified information whether or not China received an advance report about the resupply mission to Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal last August 5 which ended up with a cannon attack by the China Coast Guard (CCG) on Philippine vessels. A China Coast...
Former presidential spokesperson Rigoberto “Bobby” Tiglao should rectify the “inaccurate” information he wrote regarding the grounding of the BRP Sierra Madre on Ayungin Shoal to “accurately reflect actual historical events.” Sen. Joseph Victor "JV" Ejercito (Senate PRIB Photo) ...
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Monday, August 14, maintained that the Philippines had expressed commitment to tow away its military vessel, which it said was "put on record and well-documented." Beijing has not shown yet any proof of such a promise; while President Ferdinand "Bongbong"...
