China has been beefing up its patrols in the South China Sea, which it claims for its own under the nine dash line, which is widely-rejected by the global community, to prevent the Philippines from continuing exploration within the natural gas rich resource.

China’s presence in WPS is ‘more robust than ever’

Future negotiations for joint exploration for oil and gas in WPS will now be more difficult following the recent Supreme Court ruling voiding the 2005 agreement among China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

SC ruling on WPS snags future exploration for oil, gas

Even as President Marcos summoned the Chinese ambassador to the Palace over the laser incident on the ship of PCG, Sen. Risa Hontiveros brushed off China’s claim over Ayungin Shoal as a blatant lie.

Hontiveros tells Chinese MFA:  Stop lying

KALAYAAN ISLAND, Palawan – Local residents assailed China anew for its continuous bullying at the West Philippine Sea, particularly on the October 22 incident that saw China Coast Guard Vessel 5203 "nudging" a local vessel used by the Philippine government in its resupply mission to Filipino soldiers stationed at the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal.


Youth group assails latest Chinese aggression at WPS

Sen. Risa Hontiveros, along with other cause-oriented groups, 
holds a press conference to garner support for West Philippine Sea fisherfolks and communities. 

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Bully China

Bully China gets warned by Philippines’ big brother, the United States of America, over the bully’s provocative maneuvers in the West Philippine Seas.

WARNED

After being paralyzed for so long by the pandemic, China is showing that it is catching up for lost time with its  aggressiveness and provocativeness not only in the United States through its spy balloons but also in the West Philippine Sea—which it claims to own by virtue of a fictional nine-dash line—by training its military-grade (blinding) laser at the Philippine Coast Guard vessel which was unloading supplies to another vessel at the Ayungin Shoal.

China’s provocation

What took Marcos Jr.’s predecessor, President Duterte six years to shoo away the Americans because of his friendship with China, President Marcos has agreed to maintain active presence of American troops through four new sites of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement, which allows the US to rotate troops into the Philippines for extended stays and allows the US to build and operate facilities on Philippine bases for both American and Philippine forces.

Four more new EDCA sites approved

The Marcos administration was asked to declare the West Philippine Sea as a national marine protected area or specifically as a “protected seascape through existing instruments and mechanisms” by the World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines.

Gov’t asked to declare WPS as national marine protected area

The first Balikatan drill will be held on April 11 to 28 near Panatag Shoal involving the sinking of an old boat. The drill will involve 12,000 American soldiers and 5,000 Filipino troops and hundreds from Australia while other like-minded countries would be sending observers.

Balikatan’s 1st drill is to sink boat in WPS

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Youth group assails latest  Chinese aggression at WPS

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