http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/5 2026-09-28T07:05:12Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/18248 Transparency initiative in West PH Sea to continue - AFP Sadongdong, Martin The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) insisted on Tuesday, Feb. 10, that it will continue its transparency initiative in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), stressing that telling the truth about China’s aggressive and illegal actions in the area is not an “irritant” to diplomacy but part of its mandate to defend national sovereignty. Rear Adm. Roy Vincent Trinidad, AFP spokesperson for the WPS, asserted that the campaign is a vital tool against foreign interference. “Yes, the transparency initiative will continue. This is an effort of the AFP to counter foreign malign influence and intervention. It is nothing but merely saying the truth on what is happening out there in the West Philippine Sea,” he explained. 2026-02-11T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/18247 PH coast guard ship thwarts Chinese vessel off Zambales Sadongdong, Martin The Phil­ip­pine Coast Guard (PCG) dis­closed Sat­urday, Dec. 6, that it has expan­ded its patrol pres­ence off Zam­bales with the deploy­ment of BRP Cape San Agustin (MRRV-4408), which took over mari­time oper­a­tions after BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409) returned to port for resup­ply and crew rest, Com­modore Jay Tar­ri­ela said the ini­ti­at­ive ensured unin­ter­rup­ted patrols as China Coast Guard (CCG) ships con­tin­ued to linger near Bajo de Masin­loc (Scar­bor­ough or Panatag Shoal). Des­pite bat­tling two to three­meter waves, Tar­ri­ela said BRP Cape San Agustin man­aged to force CCG ves­sel with tail num­ber “3303” to move farther sea­ward, now posi­tioned about 135 naut­ical miles off the Zam­bales coast­line, but still within the 200-naut­ical-mile exclus­ive eco­nomic zone (EEZ). 2025-12-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/18246 Stop dredging in Zambales, Ilocos Sur Santos, Jel Fish­er­folks from Zam­bales and Ilo­cos Sur called for a stop to dredging activ­it­ies in their provinces as they flocked to the Depart­ment of Envir­on­ment and Nat­ural Resources (DENR) main office in Quezon City dur­ing the com­mem­or­a­tion of World Fisheries Day on Friday, Nov. 21. 2025-11-22T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12174/18245 PH mulls protest vs China Antonio, Raymund; Pedrajas, Joseph The Philippines is preparing to lodge a diplomatic protest against China after its coast guard vessels “rammed and damaged” two Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels in the vicinity of Escoda (Sabina) Shoal, which is well within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ). This was revealed by Presidential Assistant on Maritime Concerns Andres Centino during a Palace press briefing on Tuesday, Aug. 20. “The (Philippine) Coast Guard has been directed to gather all this evidence and the proper documentation for a possible filing of protest by (the Department of) Foreign Affairs,” the official said. 2024-08-21T00:00:00Z