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Chinese security vessel orders Philippine plane carrying media to 'leave'

Ron Lopez and Jamillah Sta Rosa, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 10 12:57 PM

The order came from a radio operator on a Chinese coast guard vessel 3,500 feet below -- one of dozens of ships seen prowling the waters. Read more »

PH boosts military in disputed sea after Chinese 'encroachment'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 22 04:48 PM

The Philippines ordered its military to boost their presence in the South China Sea, citing a 'threat' to a garrison after nearby Chinese activities. Read more »

Philippines 'concerned' over China's reclaimed land in disputed sea

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 21 03:46 PM

The Philippines said it is 'seriously concerned' over a report that China has started reclaiming several unoccupied land features in the South China Sea. Read more »

Hagedorn says bill protecting WPS also protects fishers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 08:04 PM

Palawan Rep. Hagedorn defended his bill seeking to declare parts of WPS as protected areas, saying that it only seeks to protect local fishermen. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 25, 2022

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 11:55 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Fishermen protest Chinese vessel harassment

Ted Aljibe, AFP
Posted at Nov 25 12:12 PM

Filipino fishermen facing harassment from Chinese vessels preventing them from entering prime fishing waters in Scarborough Shoal demonstrate at a park in Manila. Read more »

PH needs to send note verbale to China over rocket part 'seizure': Marcos Jr.

Job Manahan, David Dizon, and Joyce Balancio, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 22 09:58 PM

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said Tuesday said it is necessary for the Philippines to send China a note verbale regarding the alleged forcible seizing by the latter's coast guard of a rocket debris recovered near Pag-asa Island by Filipino personnel over the weekend. Read more »

2 coast guard officers to help lone teacher in Pag-asa Island

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 04 11:38 AM

Two PCG officers will help the lone teacher at the elementary school on Pag-asa Island (international name: Thitu Island), the seat of Palawan's Kalayaan municipality, in the West Philippine Sea, the agency said Sunday. 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 »

Chinese permanent rescue, maritime offices stationed on Spratlys

Liu Zhen, South China Morning Post
Updated as of Jul 24 08:12 AM

China’s three biggest man-made islands in the Spratlys will host a new flying squadron, as well as maritime rescue and administration staff. There have long been calls to upgrade search and rescue capabilities ‘to enhance China’s dominance over South China Sea affairs’. Read more »

PH Independence Day also celebrated on Pagasa island

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 12 05:30 PM

Officials and residents on Pagasa Island, the seat of Kalayaan municipal government in the West Philippine Sea, also celebrated Sunday the 124th Independence Day of the country, the military said. Read more »

Japan champions open seas in ASEAN summit

Ain Bandial, Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 06:41 PM

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida his country's strong opposition to challenges to a free and open maritime order. Read more »

'Fabricated report': Chinese embassy dismisses report on waste-dumping in South China Sea

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 11:36 PM

MANILA - The Chinese embassy in Manila has downplayed a satellite analysis showing Chinese ships allegedly dumping untreated wastes in the South China Sea.  Read more »

China todo-deny sa 'pagtatapon ng dumi' sa West PH Sea; DENR mag-iimbestiga

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 16 06:41 PM

Itinanggi ng China na nagtatapon sila ng human waste o dumi ng tao sa West Philippine Sea.    Read more »

More Chinese ships may be dumping wastes in Spratlys: satellite imagery expert

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 15 02:34 PM

In an online news forum, Liz Derr, CEO of AI-based satellite image analysis firm Simularity, said that based on their calculations, 2,596 pounds or over a ton of human wastes are being dumped around the Spratly and Paracel Islands every day. Read more »

Philippines to probe report of Chinese sewage-dumping at sea

Reuters
Posted at Jul 13 09:58 PM

MANILA - The Philippines' defense minister on Tuesday ordered the military to investigate a report by a U.S.-based tech firm that hundreds of Chinese vessels were dumping sewage into contested areas of the South China Sea. Read more »

Dumped human waste from Chinese ships creating 'dead zone' in Spratlys - intelligence firm

John Gabriel Agcaoili, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 13 09:03 AM

MANILA — Raw sewage from hundreds of ships is being dumped onto reefs in the Spratly archipelago amid Chinese maritime activity, leading to concentration of unwanted and harmful algae in the maritime area, a geospatial intelligence firm revealed on Monday. Read more »

Independence from foreign incursions

George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 04:02 PM

Protesters from different militant groups mark Philippine Independence Day and troop to the Chinese Consulate in Makati on Saturday. The protesters called for the withdrawal of Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea and the resignation of President Rodrigo Duterte for his failure to assert the country’s sovereignty in the disputed waters.  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 7, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 16 03:19 PM

Here are the day's big stories in photos. Read more »

China claims US warship illegally entered its territory in South China Sea

Reuters
Posted at May 20 06:47 PM

BEIJING - China said on Thursday a US warship had illegally entered its territorial waters in the South China Sea, and was expelled by its forces, an assertion the United States denied, in the latest exchange of salvos over Beijing's claims in the busy waterway. Read more »