2+ hour, 53+ min ago  (267+ words) MANILA, Philippines " "Chinese forces" on Thursday afternoon fired flares at an unarmed Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) aircraft patrolling the West Philippine Sea, in what an official called "a clear and deliberate act of bullying." Rear Admiral Jay Tarriela, PCG spokesperson…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (511+ words) MANILA, Philippines " The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Thursday said it has established a new district command in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), strengthening its presence in the West Philippine Sea. PCG spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, Rear Adm....

8+ hour, 24+ min ago  (405+ words) THITU ISLAND, Philippines " The Philippine Coast Guard unveiled on Thursday its first dedicated command center in the Spratly island chain, a flashpoint in the disputed South China Sea that has been the site of repeated confrontations with Chinese vessels. The…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (251+ words) ILOILO CITY " The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has canceled satellite voter registration activities scheduled on April 6, 13, and 27 in Iloilo City as part of nationwide energy conservation measures under a state of national energy emergency. In a public advisory issued Monday,…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (696+ words) MANILA, Philippines " A local think tank has urged the Marcos administration to strongly reconsider plans for a joint energy exploration agreement between the Philippines and China in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), saying Beijing has "repeatedly demonstrated that it is…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (716+ words) MANILA, Philippines "President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has ordered all of the more than 100 geographical features in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) in the West Philippine Sea to carry Filipino names in government documents and official maps of the country. Under…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (581+ words) MANILA, Philippines " The National Maritime Council (NMC) has strongly condemned a series of "aggressive and dangerous" actions by Chinese maritime forces against Philippine vessels, personnel, and local fisherfolk in the West Philippine Sea throughout March. In a statement issued on…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (375+ words) MANILA, Philippines " Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Wednesday urged the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to file another diplomatic protest following an increase in Chinese vessels observed in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in March. Estrada described the presence as "unacceptable…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (670+ words) COTABATO CITY'An independent monitoring group has warned anew against a renewed spiral of violence in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) in the run-up to the regional parliamentary elections in September this year. In a statement, Climate Conflict…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (916+ words) The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Tuesday warned that China cannot be considered a reliable partner in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), even as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) reengaged Beijing in talks on possible joint oil and…...