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Chinese ships still at reef near Palawan-AFP chief
The chief of the Philippine military on Monday confirmed that there were still Chinese ships at Julian Felipe Reef near Palawan province, two weeks since more than 200 vessels were seen there by a Philippine Coast Guard ...
- March 23, 2021
Lorenzana: Illegal to have Sino air defense zone in South China Sea
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday said China’s plan to set up an air defense identification zone (Adiz) over the South China Sea would be considered illegal and a violation of international laws by many countries ...
- June 26, 2020
Chinese research ship back in PH
A Chinese ship that was spotted in northern Philippine waters in 2020 was sighted again, this time on the country’s eastern side before it left that area on Monday morning. But according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), ...
- February 2, 2021
PH protests Chinese ships in WPS
The Philippines has expressed concern that some 220 vessels, believed to be manned by Chinese maritime militia personnel, were spotted on March 7 in the disputed South China Sea, the latest example of tensions in the crucial ...
- March 22, 2021
Newly built beaching ramp on Pag-asa Island turned over to DND
The Department of National Defense on Tuesday formally received from a private contractor the newly completed P268-million beaching ramp on Pag-asa Island. Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the completion of the ramp ...
- June 10, 2020
Sino maritime militias back in bigger groups
A government task force watching over the country’s western waters reported on Wednesday that Chinese maritime militia (CMM) vessels were back inside the West Philippine Sea and the country’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic ...
- May 13, 2021
PH Navy vessel docks at Pagasa Island port
The Philippine Navy’s BRP Ivatan (LC298) made history last week for being the first Navy vessel to dock at the newly constructed port at Pagasa Island on the West Philippine Sea. In a statement issued on late Tuesday, Naval ...
- May 21, 2020
Coast Guard, BFAR drive away Chinese vessels from PH shoal
The Philippines on Wednesday said its maritime patrols had twice driven Chinese vessels away from a shoal within the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). It was the first time since President Duterte took office in ...
- May 6, 2021
DFA chief spews profanity at China over sea row
The Philippines’ top diplomat on Monday demanded in an expletive-laced message on Twitter that China’s vessels get out of the West Philippine Sea, marking the latest exchange in a war of words with Beijing over its activities ...
- May 4, 2021
‘Illegal provocations on disputed areas coming from China’
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Sunday maintained that illegal provocations on the disputed areas in the South China Sea were coming from China and not from the Philippines.
- August 24, 2020