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Chinese envoy meets with Marcos in Palace

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 18 03:29 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian in Malacañang on the day the former's security adviser visited a Philippines-occupied island in the West Philippine Sea and which China continues to claim as theirs. Read more »

National Security Adviser Carlos visits Pag-asa Island

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 18 04:01 PM

National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos on Wednesday visited Pag-asa Island (international name: Thitu Island) in the West Philippine Sea. Read more »

LOOK: Lydia de Vega honored by SEA Games Federation

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 16 12:50 PM

The Southeast Asian Games Federation honored former sprint queen Lydia de Vega ahead of their meeting on Tuesday. Read more »

China seizes thousands of maps over missing 'nine-dash line'

Jack Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 15 07:56 AM

Customs officials in China’s eastern Zhejiang province have seized thousands of maps intended for export because the national borders represented did not conform to Chinese territorial claims in the South China and East China seas. Read more »

16 nailigtas sa lumubog na bangka sa Masbate

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Posted at Aug 14 03:02 PM

Labing-anim na tao ang nasagip matapos lumubog ang bangkang sinaskayan nila sa may dagat sa San Pascual, Masbate nitong madaling araw ng Linggo. Read more »

Chinese military carries out South China Sea minesweeping drill

Amber Wang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Aug 14 07:36 AM

The Southern Theater Command announces its fourth monthly exercise to hone its countermining operations. Anti-mine operations would play a key role in any attack on Taiwan. Read more »

Pinay Olympian na si Lydia de Vega, pumanaw na

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Posted at Aug 11 07:40 PM

Pumanaw na ang Pinay track and field legend at tinaguriang "Asia's fastest woman" na si Lydia de Vega-Mercado. Read more »

Bill seeks to institutionalize term 'West Philippine Sea'

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Updated as of Aug 10 04:39 PM

Sen. Francis Tolentino on Wednesday said he filed a bill that seeks to institutionalize and 'popularize' the term 'West Philippine Sea.' Read more »

Motorbanca capsizes in Sulu, all passengers rescued

Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard Station-Western Sulu
Posted at Aug 08 03:32 PM

This photo released Aug. 8, 2022 shows members of the Philippine Coast Guard assisting passengers of a capsized motorbanca in Maimbung, Sulu on Aug. 6. Read more »

Blinken vows to help PH secure maritime domain

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 06 07:34 PM

During a press briefing in Manila, Blinken warned China that any attack to Filipino assets and armed forces in the South China Sea would trigger their obligations under the Mutual Defense Treaty. Read more »

Carlos defends Duterte's actions on China row

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 11:49 PM

National Security Adviser Sec. Clarita Carlos on Thursday defended the Duterte administration's policy on addressing the dispute between Manila and Beijing. Read more »

Bakal na natagpuan sa West PH sea, bahagi ng rocket ng China: PHILSA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 04 08:02 PM

Payo ng PHILSA sa publiko na agad na ipaalam sa mga awtoridad kung may makitang kahina-hinalang debris. Read more »

Umano'y Chinese rocket debris, nakuha malapit sa Occidental Mindoro

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 02 09:04 PM

Nabingwit ng mga mangingisda sa may West Philippine Sea ang isang malaking debris na mula umano sa Chinese rocket. Read more »

2GO offers promo sea travel tickets for as low as P99

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Posted at Jul 29 06:53 PM

2GO Group Inc on Friday said it is offering a P99 sale for sea travel to celebrate the first anniversary of its modern vessel, the MV 2GO Masagana. Read more »

Biden to bring up Taiwan, South China Sea in call with Xi

Robert Delaney, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jul 28 10:42 PM

US President Joe Biden will confront his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping about Beijing’s “excessive maritime claims” in the South China Sea when the two hold a conversation that is expected within days. Read more »

DFA chief to attend ASEAN meetings in Cambodia

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 28 09:06 PM

Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo will attend the upcoming ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting and other relating meetings. Read more »

Marcos SONA signals no major change in PH foreign policy, says analyst

Willard Cheng, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 05:53 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s assurance to defend the Philippines' territory from any foreign power in his first SONA is a "good sign," a maritime law expert said. Read more »

Beijing: South China Sea not ‘fighting arena’ for great power games

Liu Zhen, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jul 26 06:34 AM

Beijing has said the South China Sea is not a “fighting arena” for great power games and called on Southeast Asian countries to jointly resist the involvement of external powers in disputes. Read more »

Marcos says to maintain independent foreign policy

Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 25 09:14 PM

President Bongbong Marcos said 'the Philippines shall continue to be a friend to all and an enemy to none.' Read more »

12 countries to join Indonesia, US joint military drill

Kyodo News
Posted at Jul 25 04:00 PM

Twelve countries will join an annual joint military exercise between Indonesia and US next month amid simmering tensions in the South China Sea. Read more »