Fishermen cast their net as a floating marker serving as a barrier is installed by Chinese vessels at Bajo de Masinloc on Sept. 20, 2023. (Photo by PCG) A China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel fired a water cannon against a ship of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in Bajo de Masinloc...
Cyber insurance opportunities abound in the Philippines and its neighboring countries where protection is still low, according to global reinsurance broker Gallagher Re. "The greenfield opportunity is particularly large for markets we identify as 'up-and-comers', like Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam,...
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) has confirmed a security incident that compromised the administrator account of one of its test computers. According to the state-owned pension fund, the breach was reported on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 5:20 PM. While the extent of the breach is...
DRONE ATTACK – In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un inspects a demonstration of what it says a drone crashing into a target at an undisclosed location in North Korea, Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) ...
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has mobilized its own personnel to assist the Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission (BHRC) in the investigation of the ambush of Christhia Angela Aragoncillo, an official of the Ministry of Social Services and Development in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim...
President Marcos said the Philippines has no intention of attacking any vessel with water cannon in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), stressing that it will not replicate China's actions at sea. (Photo courtesy of PCG) Marcos reiterated that the Philippines is "only defending our sovereign rights and...
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...
Two Chinese Coast Guard vessels subjected a Philippine Coast Guard patrol ship to water cannon attacks near the Bajo de Masinloc on Monday, April 29, 2024. (photo from the video posted by PCG spokesperson for WPS Comm. Jay Tarriela on X (formerly Twitter). A patrol vessel of the Philippine Coast...
Bicol Saro Party-list Representative Brian Raymund Yamsuan has called on fellow lawmakers to expedite the approval of pending bills in Congress that aim to protect the Philippine’s digital infrastructure from cyberattacks. Yamsuan made the call in light of President Marcos’ recent...
(UPDATED) The Facebook account of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) was confirmed to have been compromised again after it made unusual posts on Good Friday, March 29, marking the fourth time that the social media accounts and website of the agency were targeted by a cyberattack within the past three...
Senator Grace Poe on Monday, March 25 slammed China anew for its latest attack on a Philippine supply vessel at the West Philippine Sea, saying such “uncivilized action should stop.” “We deplore the latest water cannon attack by China on a Philippine supply vessel that injured our...
China is protesting the alleged “trespassing” of Philippine resupply vessels in the Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, adding that its response of using a water cannon during the incident was “reasonable” and “professional.” In a statement on Monday, March 25, the Chinese Embassy in...
