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Phl boosting WPS presence
The government is boosting its maritime patrols in the West Philippine Sea following President Duterte’s declaration that local ships won’t pull out from the disputed area, an official said Saturday. National security ...
- May 16, 2021
Biz group: 'Keep China as a friend'
A local business group composed of Filipino-Chinese businessmen on Wednesday sought a peaceful, wise and diplomatic solution to the still scorching sea lanes issue that puts a wedge on the Philippines-China relations. The ...
- July 15, 2021
DFA protests China's WPS 'harassment'
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed Tuesday that it has protested the alleged harassment by China's Coast Guard. The 'harassment' was one of the three incidents involving CCG at WPS that the United States-based ...
- June 1, 2022
Exacting accountability for reef damage
Something is revolting about the recent discovery of massive reef damage at two shoals within the West Philippine Sea. Underwater surveys by a special covert mission conducted by the Philippine Coast Guard recently showed ...
- September 21, 2023
Phl vessels patrolling WPS 'sufficient'
A military official said the Philippine Navy and Philippine Coast Guard have a “sufficient number of vessels” patrolling within the country’s exclusive economic zone in the West Philippine Sea. “We have a sufficient number ...
- February 1, 2024
China can't make arrests in disputed sea
China does not have the “authority or power” to conduct law enforcement operations on waters under the Philippine exclusive economic zone, or EEZ, an official of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea said. ...
- September 10, 2023
Barrier removal BBM's call - PCG
Dismantling the floating barrier that China installed at Scarborough Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc is a matter for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to decide, a Philippine Coast Guard official said yesterday. Commodore Jay ...
- September 26, 2023
Chinese vessel overshadowing PCG ship unverified
The Philippine Coast Guard on Monday clarified its report on the alleged overshadowing incident in Mischief reef in the West Philippine Sea purportedly involving two Chinese Coast Guard vessels and two Chinese Maritime ...
- February 7, 2023
China on floating barrier removal: 'Nothing more than self-amusement'
The word war between the Philippines and China continued Wednesday after Beijing called Manila's removal of the floating barrier at Scarborough Shoal "nothing more than self-amusement." China Foreign Ministry spokesperson ...
- September 29, 2023