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MANILA, Philippines — Despite China’s muscle-flexing in Ayungin Shoal where its “monster” coast guard vessel occasionally appears to project a menacing presence, the BRP Sierra Madre will remain in the area as demonstration of Filipinos’ resolve to defend their territory, the Philippine Navy said yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines — China’s biggest coast guard ship is in the vicinity of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal off Zambales, the Philippine Navy confirmed yesterday, even as it continues checking alleged sightings of a pipeline in the land feature purportedly laid down by the Chinese.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy is deploying a ship to monitor some 100 Filipino fishing boats and other civilian vessels en route to Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal as part of the “peace and solidarity regatta” organized by the Atin Ito Coalition.
MANILA, Philippines — As Beijing continues to cite Philippine officials who supposedly agreed or were privy to its secret deal with Manila on Ayungin Shoal, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) made it clear yesterday that no Cabinet-level official had approved any Chinese proposal.
For the nth time, Chinese Coast Guard ships attacked with water cannons our Philippine vessels to shoo them away from the humanitarian mission to our Filipino fishermen in Panatag Shoal last Tuesday. At least five Chinese militia-crewed ships tried to prevent the entry of our civilian ships to reach the shoal although already surrounded with floating barriers that surreptitiously reappeared around its rich fishing grounds.
MANILA, Philippines — Two days after two of its ships were attacked and damaged with water cannons by the Chinese coast guard, the Philippine government yesterday summoned Beijing’s second highest diplomat in Manila to relay its protest and demand that Chinese ships immediately leave Panatag Shoal where the attacks took place.
MANILA, Philippines — The presence of the Chinese warships and increased cyberattacks on Philippine vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) were “worrisome,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday.
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) yesterday confirmed an increase in cyberattacks on the country’s military ships in the past three to four years in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), but assured the public that such efforts to disrupt communications and jam signals in Philippine territorial waters are not a cause for alarm.