WEST PHILIPPINE SEA TRANSPARENCY GROUP
Around 𝟐𝟎 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 Sea despite reported harassment from China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels, showing the 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 …
In a bold move that has stirred international concern, China has transformed 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐧 (𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟) 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐟, once claimed as a simple fishermen’s shelter, into one of the largest military installations in …
A 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 aircraft was 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 while flying near the 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐧 (𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟) 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐟 in the West Philippine Sea. People stationed on the artificial island fired flares and repeatedly sent …
The 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 (𝐏𝐂𝐆) clarified that it is 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 in any 𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 on a 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚, including rumored joint patrols in in the …
𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐨 𝐓. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐢𝐨 formally turned over and presented the 𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟓 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐚 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐢é𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐨 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨 to the 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 on March 19. He described it as …
The 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 (𝐏𝐂𝐆) 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐣𝐨 𝐝𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜 (𝐁𝐃𝐌) after 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 in the said area. …