Chinese Maritime Militia Ships Sighted Near Pag-asa Island and Escoda Shoal

Nearly 30 vessels believed to be part of Chinaโ€™s Maritime Militia were monitored in various areas of the West Philippine Sea during a routine ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ƒ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐Œ๐ƒ๐€) flight conducted …

PCG Challenges Unauthorized Chinese Research Activities Near Pag-asa Cays

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†) drove away ๐ฎ๐ง๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก (๐Œ๐’๐‘) ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ conducted by a ๐‚๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ during a Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) flight on 17 May 2026 …

Philippines to Uphold Its Exclusive Economic Rights Without Chinaโ€™s Approval

According to Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson 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, the Philippines will continue to exercise its sovereign rights within its ๐„๐ฑ๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐„๐œ๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐œ ๐™๐จ๐ง๐ž (EEZ) without seeking approval from China. …

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted a Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) flight on 17 May 2026 to address and drive away unauthorized marine scientific research (MSR) activities being conducted by a Chinese research vessel in the vicinity of Cay-2 and Cay-3, which falls inside the territorial sea of Pag-asa Island.

On 16 May 2026, PCG monitored the China-flagged research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 33, an advanced oceanographic survey vessel capable of supporting submersible craft and conducting comprehensive marine ecological surveys, …