Kota Island is part of the Municipality of Kalayaan, Palawan. The waters within 12 nautical miles of it are Philippine territorial sea. No foreign vessel has any right to fish there under international law, the Philippine Fisheries Code, or the Philippine Maritime Zones Act.

China’s own “domestic law” does not change any of this! China’s claim of “sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the relevant waters” was rejected in the 2016 Arbitral Award, which is …

Make Waves: Shaping Young Voices for the West Philippine Sea

On October 3, 2026, the ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐’๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, in partnership with ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ณ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐“๐€ ๐…๐ž๐๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง โ€“ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ญ 4 , successfully held the ๐Œ๐š๐ค๐ž ๐–๐€๐•๐„๐’: ๐–๐๐’ ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, an inspiring …