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Five posts in a single day from the Chinese Embassy? That alone tells the world who is truly rattled by facts, transparency, and international law.

Five posts in a single day from the Chinese Embassy? That alone tells the world who is truly rattled by facts, transparency, and international law.

May 24, 2026

A state genuinely confident in its legal position does not spend 24 hours flooding social media with repetitive propaganda disguised as legal arguments just to answer one Philippine Coast Guard ...

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 — you correct the record. Evidently, China cannot, so it attacks the messenger instead.

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 — you correct the record. Evidently, China cannot, so it attacks the messenger instead.

May 22, 2026

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 ...

Chinese Embassy’s Statements on South China Sea Face Scrutiny Over Alleged Inconsistencies

Chinese Embassy’s Statements on South China Sea Face Scrutiny Over Alleged Inconsistencies

May 21, 2026

It is quite amusing to watch the Chinese Embassy in Manila lose track of its own script. For years, Beijing has insisted that it holds “indisputable sovereignty” over the entire ...

2016 Arbitral Ruling Rejects China’s “Nine-Dash Line” Claims in South China Sea

2016 Arbitral Ruling Rejects China’s “Nine-Dash Line” Claims in South China Sea

May 20, 2026

Xiang Yang Hong 33 belongs to a class of Chinese oceanographic research ships operated under the State Oceanic Administration/Ministry of Natural Resources. While officially classified as scientific, vessels in this ...

PCG Challenges the Illegal Presence of CCG-4305 Within the Philippines’ EEZ Off the Coast of Zambales

PCG Challenges the Illegal Presence of CCG-4305 Within the Philippines’ EEZ Off the Coast of Zambales

May 19, 2026

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), utilizing Canada’s Dark Vessel Detection (DVD) Program, has tracked the unauthorized presence of China Coast Guard vessel CCG-4305 drifting within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone ...

Map Confirmation Highlights Panganiban Reef Within Philippines’ EEZ Under UNCLOS and 2016 Arbitral Ruling

Map Confirmation Highlights Panganiban Reef Within Philippines’ EEZ Under UNCLOS and 2016 Arbitral Ruling

May 19, 2026

Thank you for the map — it actually proves our point. The feature that the @Chinaembmanila label 美济礁 is Panganiban Reef, a low-tide elevation sitting well within the Philippines’ 200-nautical-mile ...

Philippines Defends Maritime Patrols in West Philippine Sea, Citing UNCLOS and 2016 Arbitral Award

Philippines Defends Maritime Patrols in West Philippine Sea, Citing UNCLOS and 2016 Arbitral Award

May 18, 2026

The Philippine government’s principled stand in the West Philippine Sea has nothing to do with domestic politics or so-called “publicity stunts.” It is China that has always opportunistically taken advantage ...

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.

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.

May 17, 2026

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, ...

Thank you very much, Senator @kikopangilinan , for taking the time to travel all the way to Pagasa Island despite your busy schedule to personally stand with our troops.

Thank you very much, Senator @kikopangilinan , for taking the time to travel all the way to Pagasa Island despite your busy schedule to personally stand with our troops.

May 14, 2026

Your visit brought much-needed encouragement to our local residents of the Municipality of Kalayaan; and our brave uniformed services, who are steadfastly guarding our sovereignty and sovereign rights in the ...

The Chinese Embassy in Manila has once again inadvertently admitted what we have long asserted: that China is conducting illegal Marine Scientific Research (MSR) inside the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone.

The Chinese Embassy in Manila has once again inadvertently admitted what we have long asserted: that China is conducting illegal Marine Scientific Research (MSR) inside the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone.

May 10, 2026

In their statement, they confirm that their research vessel Xiangyanghong 33 was operating in the waters near “China’s Houteng Jiao” — their name for Iroquois Reef, the southernmost part of ...

As a sovereign nation, the Philippines has the inherent right to conduct military exercises with any country, including the United States and Japan.

As a sovereign nation, the Philippines has the inherent right to conduct military exercises with any country, including the United States and Japan.

May 9, 2026

As a sovereign nation, the Philippines has the inherent right to conduct military exercises with any country, including the United States and Japan. We possess the strategic autonomy to decide ...

PCG Aircraft Challenges Illegal Chinese MSR and Maritime Militia Swarming in KIG

PCG Aircraft Challenges Illegal Chinese MSR and Maritime Militia Swarming in KIG

May 7, 2026

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted a routine Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) flight yesterday in the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG) specifically to challenge illegal Marine Scientific Research (MSR) activities being ...

The location referred to by the Chinese Embassy is Pagasa Island and the Pagasa Cays, which form an integral part of the Kalayaan Island Group of the Philippines. These features have never been part of China. The recent activity in this area was undertaken by Philippine civil society and was not the result of any deployment or operation ordered by the Philippine government.

The location referred to by the Chinese Embassy is Pagasa Island and the Pagasa Cays, which form an integral part of the Kalayaan Island Group of the Philippines. These features have never been part of China. The recent activity in this area was undertaken by Philippine civil society and was not the result of any deployment or operation ordered by the Philippine government.

May 4, 2026

This area lies several hundred nautical miles from the Chinese mainland. It therefore cannot infringe upon any legitimate Chinese territorial sovereignty, as none exists here under international law. China cannot ...

The Chinese Embassy’s statement is telling. It is asserting that their research vessels are conducting scientific missions in “waters of the South China Sea under Chinese jurisdiction,” this means that they are openly admitting to violating the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and ignoring the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award.

The Chinese Embassy’s statement is telling. It is asserting that their research vessels are conducting scientific missions in “waters of the South China Sea under Chinese jurisdiction,” this means that they are openly admitting to violating the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and ignoring the 2016 South China Sea Arbitral Award.

May 3, 2026

Just in case they forget, the Arbitral Tribunal clearly ruled that China’s claims of “historic rights” within the so-called nine-dash line have no legal basis. Areas within the Philippines’ Exclusive ...

PCG to Deploy Aircraft and Vessels to Challenge and Drive Away Chinese Research Vessels Conducting Illegal Marine Scientific Research

PCG to Deploy Aircraft and Vessels to Challenge and Drive Away Chinese Research Vessels Conducting Illegal Marine Scientific Research

May 3, 2026

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has detected four Chinese research vessels operating in the vicinity of Philippine waters using Canada’s Dark Vessel Detection (DVD) System. Based on the observed movements ...