PAGASA: Localized thunderstorms to bring rains nationwide
MANILA, Philippines — Localized thunderstorms will bring isolated rain showers across the country on Monday, state weather bureau PAGASA said.
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At least 3 die in likely drowning near Panama City Beach, Florida
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Three Alabama men have died from likely drowning after becoming distressed while swimming at a Florida Panhandle beach, authorities said Saturday morning.
Ronnie Liang, Harry Roque's viral video resurfaces
MANILA, Philippines — A video clip of Original Pilipino Music (OPM) singer Ronnie Liang and former Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque has resurfaced.
8 navy men hurt after Chinese block supply mission
AT least eight Filipino naval personnel were injured, including one who reportedly lost a finger, after Chinese vessels prevented Philippine ships from carrying out a routine rotation and resupply (RoRe) mission to its troops stationed on the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal on Monday, June 17.
LegoLand Malaysia features Bolinao, Pangasinan in Miniland
MANILA, Philippines — The municipality of Bolinao in Pangasinan has been featured in LegoLand Malaysia's Miniland.
Chinese vessel collides with Philippine ship in latest South China Sea confrontation
BANGKOK (AP) — China has been at odds with many other countries in the Asia-Pacific for years over its sweeping maritime claims, including almost all of the South China Sea, a strategic and resource-rich waterway around which Beijing has drawn a 10-dash-line on official maps to delineate what it says it its territory.
China blames Philippines for ship collision in South China Sea. Manila calls the report deceptive
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.
Philippine ship, Chinese vessel collide in disputed South China Sea: Chinese coast guard
A collision between a Philippine ship and a Chinese vessel occurred on Monday near the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea, according to Beijing's Coast Guard. Beijing claims nearly the entirety of the South China Sea, a vital waterway facilitating over $3 trillion in annual maritime trade which is subject to overlapping claims by several nations, including China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.China deploys various boats to patrol the waters and has transformed several reefs into militarised artificial islands. A series of confrontations between Chinese and Philippine vessels have occurred in disputed areas. New Chinese coast guard rules took effect on Saturday, June 15, which reinforce a 2021 law granting its coastguard the authority to use deadly force against foreign vessels in contested waters.