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MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines' Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday it summoned a senior Chinese embassy official over the "harassment of Philippine vessels" in the South China Sea.
MANILA, Philippines — A grassfire burned two mounds of the Chocolate Hills in Bohol Tuesday night amid extreme heat experienced nationwide.
MANILA, Philippines — China's coast guard has become more aggressive towards Philippine vessels in the South China Sea and its water cannon attacks could threaten the lives of crew, a government spokesman in Manila warned Wednesday.
COTABATO CITY — Three members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit were killed while three others were wounded in an ambush in Marogong town in Lanao del Sur on Tuesday morning.
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino families experiencing involuntary hunger climbed in March 2024 compared to late last year, a new poll released Tuesday found.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Chinese coast guard ships fired water cannons at two Philippine patrol vessels Tuesday near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, damaging both in the latest flare-up in an increasingly tense territorial conflict.
NEW DELHI: The Philippines reported that the China Coast Guard used water cannons against two Philippine vessels during a patrol near a reef off the Southeast Asian nation on Tuesday, causing damage to one of the ships. The incident occurred near the China-controlled Scarborough Shoal, a potential flashpoint in the disputed South China Sea, as the vessels were on a mission to resupply Filipino fishermen.
Inasmuch as I would not want to think that these latest, in the apparent continuing and aggravating bullying tactics employed against us by the Chinese Coast Guard, is but another provocative directed at us, we cannot overlook at the fact that this incident while the largest Balikatan exercises with the United States is still ongoing.