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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 »

Group sends care packages to troops in Kalayaan Island Group

Bianca Dava, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 30 02:43 PM

Soldiers and families living on far-flung Pagasa Island will receive care packages from the University of the Philippines Cadet Alumni Organization. Read more »

PH military chief visits Pag-asa Island

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 06 11:45 AM

AFP chief Gen. Andres Centino visited Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea and inspected other government facilities in Palawan. Read more »

Pagasa Island in West Philippine Sea suffers typhoon damage

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 22 08:29 PM

Typhoon Odette also damaged dozens of homes and government infrastructure on the Philippines' biggest, strategically most important outpost in the West Philippine Sea, including a newly built coast guard station. Read more »

Pag-asa Island in West PH Sea to get first high school

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 08:49 PM

Students in Pag-asa Island may soon no longer have to travel to the Palawan mainland to pursue high school education. Read more »

Mga mangingisda sa Pag-asa Island, may panawagan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 01 08:23 PM

Labis na naapektuhan ang kabuhayan ng mga Pilipinong mangingisda sa Pag-asa Island 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’ COVID-19 vaccination reaches Pag-asa Island

Ronron Calunsod, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 09 03:34 PM

The municipal government of Kalayaan, which has jurisdiction over the island located 285 nautical miles away from mainland Palawan, said 65 individuals were inoculated with CoronaVac. Read more »

WATCH: Pag-asa Island residents raise Philippine flag on Independence Day

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 12 04:07 PM

A few residents of Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in the West Philippine Sea held a modest commemoration of Independence Day on Friday, instead of a big celebration as initially planned by government officials.  Read more »

Philippine officials visit disputed South China Sea island

Reuters
Posted at Jun 10 07:03 PM

Delfin Lorenzana was on Thitu island on Tuesday to launch a beaching ramp for construction of much-needed infrastructure on the Philippines' most strategically important South China Sea island. Read more »

BRP Ivatan, unang barkong nakadaong sa bagong pantalan sa Pag-asa Island

Arlie Cabrestante, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 26 07:09 PM

Ang BRP Ivatan o LC298 ng Philippine Navy ang kauna-unahang barkong dumaong sa ginagawang pantalan sa Pag-asa Island na sakop ng lalawigan ng Palawan. Read more »