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Let's go to Panatag, fishers dare Roque
Two vessels of the Chinese Coast Guard are permanently positioned at the mouth of the 150-kilometer-wide Scarborough Shoal (Panatag or Bajo de Masinloc to locals), preventing Filipino fishermen from entering, fishing or ...
- July 15, 2021
AFP, PCG to China Coast Guard: ‘Restrain your forces’
The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Sunday denounced the China Coast Guard (CCG) for blocking and using water cannons on Filipino vessels on a resupply mission to one of the country’s ...
- August 7, 2023
'Invisible hand' spreading lies vs China-embassy
The Chinese Embassy in Manila on Wednesday alleged that an “invisible hand” was “poisoning” China’s relations with the Philippines even as it denied Beijing was undertaking illicit military-related activities amid escalating ...
- April 11, 2024
Allies condemn Ayungin incident, stand behind PH
The United States and other countries on Sunday said they stand with the Philippines in the face of the China Coast Guard's (CCG) “dangerous actions” when it fired water cannons at a Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) supply ...
- August 7, 2023
PCG on the track of oil tanker in boat ramming
While the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has yet to categorically say that it was a Marshall Islands-registered crude oil tanker that hit a Filipino fishing boat off Pangasinan early this month, it has started tracking its ...
- October 13, 2023
Marcos: Maritime dispute not just about hegemony
President Marcos rejected attempts to portray the South China Sea territorial dispute as a contest between two superpowers, saying these undermined the sovereignty of other countries involved in the conflict. “The Philippines ...
- September 7, 2023
Beijing: We are keeping peace, tranquility
President Marcos on Wednesday directly told Chinese Premier Li Qiang that the Philippines would press on with its claim to the West Philippine Sea, as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos). ...
- September 7, 2023
US Coast Guard: Broadcastings of Chinese fishing vessels in South Pacific legal
The US Coast Guard has rejected comments by a Chinese diplomat that its recent boardings of Chinese fishing boats in the Pacific Islands alongside local police are illegal, saying the joint patrols are at the behest of ...
- April 11, 2024
Our vanishing 'galunggong'
Two months ago, I had a Zoom meeting with fisherfolk from Zambales who complained that their fish catch had been dwindling because huge Chinese trawlers have been scooping the fish in their traditional fishing grounds in ...
- July 22, 2021
PH rejects ‘2023 version’ of China map: ‘No basis’
The Philippines on Thursday refused to recognize China’s latest map, which showed a new 10-dash line that still encompassed parts of the country’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and pressed Beijing to abide ...
- September 1, 2023