The Philippines is eyeing becoming the first country to develop native hydrogen as a power source, as Colorado-based Koloma Inc. is set to complete its exploration work before the end of the year. In a media briefing on Monday, July 13, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin reported that Koloma, a geologic...
MASINLOC, Zambales – Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. has urged people to protect the country’s fishing grounds in the West Philippine Sea. Teodoro aired the appeal in a visit here on July 10 for the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Arbitral Ruling with the theme "Bayanihan sa Karagatan:...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed one of its 44-meter multi-role response vessels to confront a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship operating within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coast of Luzon. Rear Admiral Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson for West Philippine Sea (WPS), said...
Ranking House of Representatives members have lambasted China for the reported deployment of a floating structure within the waters of Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in Zambales less than a month before the 10th anniversary of the Philippines ' arbitral award. Criticizing Beijing 's...
"Our sovereignty is non-negotiable." This was the stern statement of House Deputy Speaker Zambales 1st Rep. Jay Khonghun following reports on possible new structures in Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). “I fully trust that the Philippine government, under the...
After driving away a Chinese research ship off the cays of Pag-asa Island over the weekend, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday, May 19, confronted a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship that entered the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) off the coast of Zambales. The PCG said the CCG ship...
SANTA CRUZ, Zambales – Police arrested two suspects in the murder of a doctor, her baby, and helper on Dec. 4, 2024, in this town. Police identified one of the suspects as the husband of the victim, Dr. Lynette Metra. He was apprehended in Barangay San Vicente, Baguio City on Friday, May 15. The...
Filipino and American forces have successfully integrated advanced air defense systems to counter “drone warfare” during the 41st interation of Exercise Balikatan, just as reports revealed a massive new Chinese dredging project in the South China Sea (SCS). The four-day Integrated Air and...
A fisherman from Zambales was found alive after drifting at sea for five days as the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) carried out search and rescue operations off Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough or Panatag Shoal), it was reported on Sunday, March 22. PCG spokesperson Commodore Noemi Cayabyab identified...
The provincial government of Zambales has implemented a four-day work week to conserve energy amid the Middle East crisis. Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. has issued an executive order implementing shortened working days – on-site at capitol offices in Iba from Monday to Thursday and remote on Friday....
Police on Tuesday morning arrested an Indian national over the fatal shooting of a 33-year-old compatriot in Barangay Dampay, Candelaria, Zambales on Feb. 8. The suspect was apprehended in Barangay Palanginan, Iba, Zambales. Zambales police chief Police Col. Benjamin Ariola said the arrest of the...
A civil society coalition on Saturday, Dec. 27, rejected China’s claim that it rescued a Filipino fisherman in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), calling it a “deceptive, self-serving, and propaganda-driven public relations campaign” meant to sanitize the numerous abuses committed by Chinese...
