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BEIJING: China said on Monday that moves by its Coast Guard against Philippine vessels in the disputed West Philippine Sea were «professional» and «restrained,» adding it had «lodged stern representations» with Manila.
A Philippine sailor detailed for the first time on Tuesday how he lost his thumb in the June 17 clash between Beijing and Manila’s boats in the South China Sea.The scuffle started when around eight Chinese vessels approached two Philippine rubber boats near the Southeast Asian nation’s military outpost in Second Thomas Shoal, Navy Seaman Jeffry Facundo told a Senate hearing.Manila regularly brings supplies and troops to the outpost, a rusty World War II-era ship that’s been beached there since 1999. “The Chinese vessels came without warning and rammed our boat straight away,” the Filipino crew member said. He said his thumb was caught under the keel of a Chinese vessel that partially mounted the boat he was riding, causing the injury.Watch: the moment a China Coastguard vessel rams a Philippine Navy vessel injuring a soldier in Ayungin Shoal, June 17 in what the gov’t now calls a deliberate act by China to stop a resupply mission (from a previous statement from the Executive Secretary as a “misunderstanding..”
MANILA, Philippines —CHINA warned the Philippines to cease «infringement and provocation at sea at once» or «bear the consequences.»
MANILA, Philippines — Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. on Wednesday likened China Coast Guard (CCG) personnel to pirates, as he exposed how troops – armed with bolos, spears, machetes and knives – threatened Philippine Navy soldiers to stop the military’s rotation and resupply (RORE) mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal.
A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday, China's coast guard said, in the latest flare-up of escalating territorial disputes that have sparked alarm.
TAIPEI (AP) — A Chinese vessel and a Philippine supply ship collided near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea on Monday, China’s coast guard said, in the latest flare-up of escalating territorial disputes that have sparked alarm.
MANILA, Philippines — There is no need for the Philippines to get China’s approval to conduct any activity in Ayungin Shoal, National Security Adviser Eduardo Año said over the weekend.
MANILA, Philippines — Beijing officials will not hamper Filipino access to Ayungin Shoal — a feature situated within the West Philippine Sea — but only if they tell Chinese officials in advance.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines, United States and Japan condemned the “dangerous and aggressive” behavior of the People’s Republic of China in the South China Sea.