Browsing Manila Standard by Name "Western Command (Wescom)"

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    • 28 fishermen in El Nido waters 

      Philippine News Agency (PNA) (Manila Standard, August 4, 2018, on page A6)
      A coastal patrol boat of the Philippine Navy on Thursday rescued 28 fishermen from their sinking boat, some 35 miles northeast of El Nido municipality in northern Palawan. Capt. Cherryl Tindog, chief of the Public Affairs ...

    • Impunity in the South China Sea 

      Abelgas, Val (Manila Standard, April 6, 2019, on page A5)
      With the government either defending, justifying or simply doing nothing about China’s aggressive actions, the country’s giant neighbor has become even bolder to pursue its “creeping invasion” of the disputed territories ...

    • PH protests Chinese tactics 

      Mariano, Nat; Requejo, Rey E. (Manila Standard, April 2, 2019, on page A1-A2)
      The Philippines has filed a diplomatic protest against China over the presence of hundreds of Chinese vessels near Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea, the Palace said Monday, even as it disputed a report that there ...

    • PH verifying ‘harassment’ in WPS 

      (Manila Standard, March 7, 2019, on page A2)
      Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Wednesday ordered the military to validate a report of Kalayaan Mayor Roberto del Mundo who claimed that Filipino fishermen were being harassed by the Chinese in a sandbar near Pag-asa ...