PCG bares photos of China’s harvest of giant clams marine species

Frances Mangosing 05/21/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Previously unreleased photographs taken by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) showing the harvesting of giant clams and other marine species at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal during the previous administration were publicized for the first time…

PH, Vietnam ‘must unite’ against China’s coercive acts

Dona Pazzibungan, Frances Mangosing, Jeanette Andrade 05/06/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Academics from a US Department of Defense institute suggested that the Philippines and Vietnam, being nearby nations, should team up against China’s “coercive activities” to safeguard their interests. These countries, both having had tense encounters…

US, Australia, Japan vow ‘coordinated security assistance’ to PH

Frances Mangosing 05/04/2024

HONOLULU—The United States, Australia and Japan have agreed to provide “coordinated security assistance” to the Philippines to strengthen the country’s military capabilities in the face of China’s growing aggressiveness in the South China Sea. The defense ministers of the…

Marcos to meet with Biden, Kishida in April

Frances Mangosing 03/18/2024

  The Philippines, the United States, and Japan are finalizing plans for the first official meeting between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., US President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Washington next month. This meeting…

PH acquires Japan-built radar system to bolster WPS defense

Frances Mangosing 12/21/2023

SAN FERNANDO CITY, LA UNION — The Philippines’ newest detection system for aerial and naval threats in the West Philippine Sea was officially handed over to the Philippine Air Force at a ceremony on Wednesday. Advanced Air and…

DFA summons China envoy over WPS sea harassments

Frances Mangosing, Jerome Aning 12/12/2023

MANILA, Philippine — The Philippine government has summoned Chinese Ambassador to Manila Huang Xilian on Monday due to recent cases of Chinese harassment in the West Philippine Sea, according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) spokesperson Ma.…

Senators slam floating barriers installed by Chinese vessels in PH sea

Frances Mangosing, Marlon Ramos - @inquirerdotnet 09/25/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Two senators have criticized floating barriers by Chinese vessels, who were caught putting up these floating devices at Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough Shoal) off Zambales province. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), who caught these…

Ex-cop in road rage clip stripped of gun license

Abby Boiser, Frances Mangosing 08/29/2023

MANILA, Philippines — A dismissed police officer identified in a “road rage” video as the motorist who hit a cyclist on the head and brandished a gun at him has been stripped of his firearm license, the…

Pinoys missing in Indian Ocean presumed dead

Frances Mangosing 05/25/2023

The five Filipino sailors who were among the 39 crew members of a Chinese fishing vessel that went missing in the Indian Ocean last week are presumed to have died in the accident, the Philippine Coast Guard…

PCG shifts to retrieval of 4 missing in yacht sinking

Frances Mangosing 05/09/2023

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has shifted to search and retrieval operations for the four persons who went missing after a dive yacht sank near the Tubbataha Reef in Palawan on April 30. “The directive took effect…

PNP chief Azurin retires; successor still unknown

Frances Mangosing 04/24/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine National Police chief Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. is set to retire on Monday, April 24, after nine months on the job but President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has yet to name his successor. Azurin…

Search on for missing ‘shabu’ in P6.7-billion drug haul

Frances Mangosing, Marlon Ramos 04/17/2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine National Police (PNP) is searching for more missing “shabu” or crystal meth believed to be stolen from more than a ton of drugs worth P6.7 billion seized by authorities during a raid…

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