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The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has a plan to stop or reduce Chinese interference in its resupply missions to its outposts in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), its spokesman said Saturday, as he slammed China’s latest “indisputable sovereignty” claim over the Spratly Islands.
MANILA, Philippines — Boracay, Palawan and Siargao were included in the list of “Top Islands in Asia” by the foreign travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2023.
MANILA, Philippines — The House of Representatives is aiming to allocate P3 billion for “development projects” in Pag-asa in the town of Kalayaan in Palawan.
COTABATO CITY — Three were killed in separate road accidents involving two dump trucks and two motorcycles in two Mindanao locations on Wednesday.
MANILA: 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. It was the first time President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has spoken publicly against China's installation of the 300-metre (980-foot) -long barrier at the entrance to Scarborough Shoal which was dismantled at his order. "We're not looking for trouble but what we'll do is to continue defending the maritime territory of the Philippines and the rights of our fishermen, who have been fishing in those areas for hundreds of years," Marcos said in response to a question at a news briefing in southern Surigao del Norte province. The latest flare-up between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea, one of the world's busiest trade routes, comes after Marcos decided earlier this year to allow an expansion of the US military presence in the Philippines under a 2014 defence pact. The prospect of more American forces in local military camps in the northern Philippines across from Taiwan and southern China alarmed and infuriated Beijing. After the Philippine coast guard dismantled the rope and net barrier at the mouth of Scarborough Shoal, Filipino fishing boats entered the shallow lagoon and caught about 164 tons of fish in just one day, Marcos said.
“The Dutch Ambassador reiterated the proposal on establishing naval defense industry cooperation with the Philippines, underscoring its strategic and economic advantages in the long term,” DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said in a statement.
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday said the ramming of a boat that left three Filipino fishermen dead in the waters off Pangasinan was an accident.
Startups in the Philippines won more than $2.1 billion in annual funding deals in 2021 and 2022 and expect to sustain the growth this year, according to the Philippine Venture Capital Report 2023.