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Chinese vessels inch closer to Pagasa Island
Dozens of Chinese vessels have recently been frequenting the waters near Pagasa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a military commander reported on Sunday, Nov. 21. Vice Admiral Ramil Roberto Enriquez, commander ...
- November 22, 2021
DFA summons China envoy over navy ship's intrusion in PH waters
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday summoned China's envoy to Manila after a People’s Liberation Army – Navy (PLAN) vessel was caught in “illegal incursions” in the Sulu Sea in January and February this year. ...
- March 16, 2022
Oil, gas from disputed sea crucial to PH - Marcos
The country needs to find ways to pursue energy exploration in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) as whatever resources it can obtain from the disputed sea are crucial to the nation. President Marcos stressed this on Thursday, ...
- December 2, 2022
ASEAN militaries commit to South China Sea peace
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Chief of Staff General Rey Leonardo Guerrero confirmed over the weekend that he and nine other chiefs of Defense Forces of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) reaffirmed ...
- March 12, 2018
PH takes China missiles seriously
The Philippine government on Friday assured that it will take “every and all diplomatic actions” to protect its interest following reports that China installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles on three ...
- May 5, 2018
PH files another protest vs China over Ayungin Shoal harassment
The Philippines has protested China’s “illegal” maritime activities anew in the Ayungin Shoal, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) revealed late Friday, June 10. The DFA reiterated that the Ayungin Shoal is within the ...
- June 12, 2022
Soldiers in Ayungin Shoal get fresh food, supplies as Chinese vessels hover
Military personnel stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre (LS 57) in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), Palawan got a much needed boost as they received fresh food and other supplies from their ...
- June 27, 2022
Despite tension, shipping on S. China Sea not disrupted
China's growing military presence in the South China Sea has drawn warnings from the United States that Beijing is seeking to exert control over one of the world's most important sea lanes, but so far the shipping industry ...
- January 16, 2016
Stop your incursion, recall boats from WPS, Lorenzana boldly tells China
Stop Chinese incursion and recall your boats in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). This was the bold reaction of Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday night, March 22, after learning about verified reports that around ...
- March 23, 2021
PN Chief: US Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group at S. China Sea a 'welcome development'
The entry of the United States Navy’s Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) in the South China Sea came as a ‘welcome development’ in the exercise of freedom of navigation operations (FONOPS) in the tension-filled ...
- April 8, 2021