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DND seeks to review treaty between US, PH
Nearly seven decades after the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Philippine government, the defense department will seek to review the Aug. 30, 1951 accord to solicit Washington’s ...
- December 21, 2018
PCG scatters Chinese, Vietnam ships in WPS
Five Chinese and two Vietnamese fishing vessels were recently ordered by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) to leave the country’s waters off Palawan, the PCG said Sunday. In a statement, the PCG said its BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409) ...
- July 5, 2021
Lorenzana says China’s planned ADIZ on WPS ‘illegal’
Department of National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday concurred with the warning of a ranking United States military official saying the air defense identification zone planned by China in the South China ...
- June 26, 2020
PCG steps up WPS patrol to protect fishers
The Philippine Coast Guard has increased the number of its patrol vessels in the West Philippine Sea after Chinese vessels drove away a Filipino fishing boat in Ayungin Shoal on Jan. 9. In a statement, the PCG said the ...
- January 23, 2023
Pamalakaya nixes China bid on joint fishing
An organization of Filipino fishermen has rejected China’s proposal for joint fishing expeditions in Philippine waters. Meanwhile, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said the possibility of a joint oil exploration between China ...
- January 15, 2023
Locsin junks 'verbal deal' with China
President Rodrigo Duterte’s purported verbal agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping allowing Chinese fishermen to fish within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone cannot be implemented, Foreign Affairs Secretary ...
- July 4, 2019
Australia's P3.6-b marine protection project covers PH
The Philippines is among the recipients of a P3.6-billion “maritime program investments” by Australia in the Indo-Pacific region, the Australian Embassy revealed. Australian Embassy Deputy Head of Mission Dr. Moya Collett ...
- April 28, 2023
'China manipulated recording'
The Chinese embassy in Manila was accused of manipulating an illegal recording of a phone conversation between former Western Command head Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos and a Chinese military attaché to make it appear they ...
- May 23, 2024
PH to get five new coast guard ships from Japan
The Philippines and Japan have signed an agreement that would pave the way for the acquisition by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) of five 97-meter patrol ships intended to strengthen the country's capability to guard its ...
- May 18, 2024
PH ship to remain in Escoda Shoal, won’t go the way of Scarborough
The Philippine Coast Guard flagship, BRP Teresa Magbanua, will remain at Escoda Shoal despite the arrival of China’s biggest vessel dubbed as “The Monster” Navy spokesperson on the WPS Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad ...
- July 11, 2024