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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines should go beyond filing diplomatic protests against China, President Marcos said yesterday, as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) disclosed sending a note verbale to Beijing over the latest incident in Ayungin Shoal where the Chinese coast guard forcibly stopped a resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre.
As tensions escalate in the South China Sea, Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said his country must “do more” in responding to China’s “illegal action” in the hotly contested waterway, following a confrontation last week that led to one Filipino navy serviceman losing a thumb.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan's defense ministry said Thursday it had detected 35 Chinese military aircraft around the island in a 24-hour window.
THE Chinese Embassy in Manila yesterday said it welcomes the Senate inquiry on the alleged smear campaign initiated by Pentagon against Chinese COVID-19 vaccines at the height of the pandemic even as it also called on the Philippines to condemn such move by the United States.
SYDNEY, Australia — Australia urged Solomon Islands to rely on fellow Pacific nations for security assistance Wednesday during a visit by China-friendly Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele.
The latest South China Sea clash saw China’s coast guard wielding axes and a Philippine sailor lose his thumb in an escalation that underscored Beijing’s willingness to see how far it can push Manila — and its allies in Washington. The Philippines Armed Forces called the June 17 moves by China — which included hurling rocks and using knives to puncture an inflatable craft trying to resupply its forces — a “brutal assault” and said the Chinese sailors acted like pirates.The US State Department said China’s actions were “reckless” and threatened regional peace and stability. But that was as far as the public response went, with neither the Philippines nor Washington seeking to exacerbate a crisis that has been building for years. For now, at least, Manila appears to be exercising more caution.
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines issued a note verbale in response to its latest act of aggression against Filipino forces in the West Philippine Sea.
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..”