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THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) on Tuesday welcomed a congressional decision to augment its budget by reallocating confidential funds from other civilian agencies, saying this would enable it to enhance its monitoring, control, and surveillance in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
Philippine officials vowed Monday to remove a floating barrier placed by China's coast guard to prevent Filipino fishing boats from entering a disputed lagoon in the South China Sea.
Filipino forces would dismantle any floating barrier that China’s coast guard may install in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine admiral said Wednesday after Manila infuriated China by removing one such obstruction in a contested shoal.
The Philippine president said Friday that his country does not want a confrontation but will staunchly defend its waters after its coast guard removed a floating barrier placed by China at a disputed shoal in the South China Sea.
Three people are dead after a Philippine fishing boat “accidentally” collided with an oil tanker that the nation’s coast guard says fits the description of a vessel registered under the Marshall Islands transiting off a disputed South China Sea shoal.
The Philippines has accused China of “a blatant disregard” and “clear violation” of sovereignty, alleging that a Chinese coast guard ship last week directed a “military-grade laser light” at a Philippine Coast Guard ship in the hotly contested South China Sea, temporarily blinding the Filipino crew onboard.
MANILA, Philippines — Ipinanawagan ng isang pangkat ang pagsingil sa China ng "environmental costs" dahil sa pinsala nito sa mga coral reef sa West Philippine Sea.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and the United States launched annual joint naval war games on Monday, days after the latest diplomatic row between Manila and Beijing over the disputed South China Sea.