Freedom of Navigation Recognized, but Misuse of the Principle Raises Concern

After China claimed that it has overlapping rights within the Philippinesโ€™ ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐™๐จ๐ง๐ž (๐„๐„๐™), Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‰๐š๐ฒ ๐“๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฅ๐š responded in …

The @Chinaembmanila has now spent four posts attacking me as Mr. Jay Tarriela. When the facts are on your side, you do not write essays against the person stating them โ€” you correct the record. Evidently, China cannot, so it attacks the messenger instead.

On the bridges, vaccines, and aid: no one denies they were given, and Filipinos are not ungrateful. But development assistance is not a receipt that entitles the giver to violate …

Lawmakers Push Hazard Pay for Civilian Frontliners in the West Philippine Sea

Lawmakers are pushing for additional protection and compensation for civilian frontliners, including maritime workers, researchers, and other government personnel through the proposed ๐‡๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ‘, which seeks to grant ๐ก๐š๐ณ๐š๐ซ๐ …

PCG Monitors and Challenges Unauthorized Presence of Chinese Vessel Off Zambales Coast

The ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ (๐๐‚๐†), under the direction of the ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐ญ, ๐€๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ข๐ž ๐†๐ข๐ฅ ๐†๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ง, deployed both ๐š๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐š ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐š ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐†๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ …