US Sends Defense Treaty Trigger Warning to China
Washington has responded to the collision between Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships in the South West Philippines Sea early on Monday 19 August 2024, [more…]
Arbitration Case Ruling Between the Republic of the Philippines and China
On July 12, 2016, an arbitral tribunal constituted under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) adjudicating the Philippine case versus [more…]
Submission of PH Rise seabed chart to United Nations praised
MANILA, Philippines — The government’s move to submit to the United Nations the seabed chart of the Philippine (Benham) Rise will help spur development and [more…]
China coast guard is escorting more illegal fishing boats
Taiwan yesterday condemned the recent increase in Chinese coast guard-escorted fishing vessels operating illegally in waters around the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands) in the South [more…]
Chinese vessels surround PH ships in West PH Sea standoff
TWO Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels, BRP Bagacay and BRP Datu Pagbuaya, along with a Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) patrol ship, were [more…]
AFP safely conducts 5th resupply mission for BRP Sierra Madre in WPS
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday announced that it was able to conduct another routine rotation and resupply (RORE) mission for the [more…]
French Aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle visits the Philippines, flexes nuclear-powered muscle in disputed WPS
France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and accompanying warships were in the Philippines on Sunday after holding combat drills with Filipino forces in the disputed South China [more…]
US reports ‘unsafe’ action by China in Taiwan Strait
Guided missile destroyer the USS Ralph Johnson and a noncommissioned oceanographic survey ship, the USNS Bowditch, transited the WPS strait Monday to Wednesday, according to [more…]
Australia accuses China of ‘unsafe’ fighter jet move
A Chinese fighter jet intentionally released flares in front of an Australian military aircraft while flying over the South China Sea early this week, authorities [more…]
Taiwan spots 27 Chinese aircraft, Six naval vessels near its territory
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Thursday said that it detected detects 27 Chinese aircraft, 6 naval vessels, and an official ship around the [more…]
Philippines, US, Japan and Australia sail together in West Philippine Sea
MANILA, Philippines, demonstrating anew a united stand in upholding a free and open Indo-Pacific region, naval and air force assets from the United States, Japan, [more…]
US deployed Typhon missile launchers to the Philippines
The US military has moved its Typhon launchers which can fire multipurpose missiles up to thousands of kilometers from the Philippines to another location on [more…]