WEST PHILIPPINE SEA TRANSPARENCY GROUP
MANILA 22 June 2026 – The Department of Foreign Affairs categorically rejects the assertions of the Chinese Embassy in Manila in their recent statement against the 2016 South China Sea …
Let us begin with geography, because geography does not lie. Bajo de Masinloc — Panatag Shoal — sits roughly 120 nautical miles from the coast of Zambales, well within the …
China can repeat the words “inherent territory” as often as it likes, but repetition is not law. On 12 July 2016, an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII of UNCLOS …
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed BRP MALABRIGO (MRRV-4402) since 20 June 2026 to challenge and drive away the China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel 5304 operating within the Philippines’ Exclusive …
Are we hyping the presence of the Chinese floating platform in Bajo de Masinloc? Of course not. We have more than enough basis to say so, because the Chinese government …
Yesterday, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, together with the Philippine Coast Guard, conducted a routine Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) flight and documented the Chinese Research Vessel YUE ZHAN …