Two more civilian vessels of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) were apparently hit by a water cannon by the China Coast Guard (CCG) near Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) revealed on Monday, Oct. 13. Aside from BRP Datu...
The Philippines will file a diplomatic protest after China Coast Guard (CCG) and Chinese militia vessels rammed and water cannoned Philippine vessels near the highly contested Pag-asa Island this week. “Yes, a diplomatic protest will be filed,” Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson...
The Philippines and China accused each other of aggressive actions in a contested island in South China Sea in the latest maritime confrontation that further escalated the already tensed relations in the resource-rich waterway. The United States, through Ambassador MaryKay Carlson, also condemned...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has formally filed a diplomatic protest against China’s recent water cannoning of a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel at the Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc). This was confirmed by DFA spokesman Angelica Escalona on Thursday, Sept....
A personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) was injured when a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship fired water cannon at a Philippine vessel during a humanitarian mission in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Tuesday, Sept. 16. A...
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...
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...
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...
Stressing that China “has no right” to be in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal and its vessels must “leave” immediately, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday, March 25, summoned Chinese Embassy in Manila’s charge d’affaires to lodge a “strong protest” against the recent...
