The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) drove away Chinese Maritime Militia Vessel (CMMV) 9622 and twenty-four (24) small boats (“sampans”) it deployed within the territorial sea of Kota Island, Kalayaan Island ...

The JIA HAI KE 7 is only 37.84 nautical miles from Itbayat, Batanes. Under Article 56 of UNCLOS, the coastal State — the Philippines — holds sovereign rights and jurisdiction ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has confirmed the presence of the Chinese research vessel (CRV) JIA HAI KE 7 lying-to at Lat 21.151335, Long 121.282907, approximately 37.84 nautical miles northwest ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), upon the directive of Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil L. Gavan, deployed PCG aircraft 2081 (Cessna Grand Caravan) and the BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) on 27 ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), upon the directive of Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gil L. Gavan, deployed PCG aircraft 2081 (Cessna Grand Caravan) and the BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) on 27 ...

This is a cheap coordinated inauthentic campaign — astroturfing. More than 30 freshly made accounts, anime avatars, auto-generated usernames, one photo, the same five-hour window, the same scripted word: “chameleon.” ...

One president told Filipinos, “I cannot.” The other tells them, “We will not yield.” One called our legal victory garbage; the other calls it an intergenerational mandate. One said asserting ...

Once again, China Coast Guard vessels are approaching Pag-asa Island, home to Filipino families and part of the Municipality of Kalayaan, Palawan. Just recently, Chinese vessels harassed BFAR ships that ...

The China Coast Guard’s claim that it merely carried out “monitoring and following” and issued “verbal warnings” is false. On 24 September, a CCG vessel conducted dangerous maneuvers against M/V ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) deployed two vessels, BRP Malabrigo (MRRV-4402) and BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409), on 24 September 2026 to support the AFP’s Rotation and Resupply (RoRe) mission to BRP ...

Statement of the National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea 25 September 2026 | Manila, Philippines The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea (NTF-WPS) denounces the dangerous ...

The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea condemns in the strongest terms the dangerous actions of the China Coast Guard against the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources ...

This morning, 18 September 2026, China Coast Guard vessel CCG-21585 rammed BRP Datu Magat Salamat (MMOV 3015), the same BFAR vessel the Philippine Coast Guard assisted yesterday as it carried ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) conducted a Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) flight over Bajo de Masinloc (BDM) on 17 September 2026 in support of the ongoing Kadiwa ng Bagong Bayaning ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) successfully freed the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel BRP Datu Magat Salamat (MMOV 3015) after it ran aground in the vicinity waters ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs takes note of the latest statement of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China regarding Ayungin Shoal and the BRP Sierra Madre. The Philippine ...

1. “Sovereignty” over Panganiban Reef and Zamora Reef. I am not confusing sovereignty with jurisdiction. The Tribunal is the one that settled this: Panganiban Reef and Zamora Reef are low-tide ...

First, on “sovereignty.” China has no sovereignty over Panganiban and Zamora Reefs, whatever names you transliterate to dress up the claim. Both reefs are low-tide elevations where sovereignty cannot be ...

That is how badly the Chinese Embassy in Manila wanted to drown out the facts last night. Ambassador Jing Quan’s team did not answer one factual report with one legal ...

Let’s address your “provocation” claim. A routine maritime domain awareness flight to Pag-asa Island, over features inside the Philippine EEZ, is not a provocation. Firing flares at that aircraft is. ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs reaffirms the Philippines’ sovereign rights and jurisdiction over Panganiban Reef (Mischief Reef), a low-tide elevation (LTE) within 200 nautical miles of the Philippines’ archipelagic baselines ...

I wrote this piece seven years ago, when I was still a PhD student. My argument then still stands today: if we want to professionalize the maritime transportation sector and ...

As of 0859H today, 11 September, the Chinese research/survey vessel HAIYANG DIZHI SHIHAO (MMSI 413491880, IMO 9795751) is back in Chinese waters, approximately 8.9 NM south of Guangdong, transiting north ...

At the Seoul Defense Dialogue, they didn’t use a microphone during the Q&A portion of Sec. Gibo’s talk. They just passed a handwritten note through the forum staff. Maybe they ...

First, Panganiban (Mischief) Reef and Zamora (Subi) Reef are not “islands.” The 2016 Arbitral Award ruled both are low-tide elevations. They cannot be claimed as sovereign territory, and they generate ...

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) recorded multiple flare discharges by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) against an unarmed PCG aircraft conducting a legitimate Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) flight over the ...

The President visited two Navy personnel at Camp Ricarte Station Hospital who were injured during a confrontation near Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea. The Vice President visited the ...

First a “scholarly seminar,” then a state-media op-ed, then a coast guard vessel and a talking point about “indisputable sovereignty.” Manufacturing a dispute where none exists does not create one. ...

The DFA confirms no permit was ever issued for this Marine Scientific Research. It is illegal. And the timing is not accidental: while the Philippines has been battered by typhoons ...