Several ships believed to be Chinese maritime militia were spotted by fishermen in Iroquois Reef in the West Philippine Sea in this photo taken in September. The military said an average of 25...
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Several ships believed to be Chinese maritime militia were spotted by fishermen in Iroquois Reef in the West Philippine Sea in this photo taken in September. The military said an average of 25...
Read MoreAuthorities have rescued 11 fishermen on board a commercial fishing boat that capsized off the waters of Tictabon Island and Mampang in Zamboanga City on Wednesday, Nov. 30. A report from the PCG Station Zamboanga said they received a phone call from a resident of...
Read MoreThe Philippine Coast Guard rescued nine crew members of a distressed motorbanca off Zamboanga del Norte, the PCG said on Sunday. PCG rescues 9 motorbanca crewmen off Zamboanga del Norte In an incident report, the rescued crewmen were identified as Henry Burong, 35,...
Read MoreThe Philippines has sought an official explanation from China’s government after a Chinese coast guard vessel reportedly seized Chinese rocket debris from Filipino navy personnel in the disputed South China Sea, officials said yesterday. Maria Theresa Daza, a...
Read MoreReCAAP, the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia, is again highlighting an increase in sea robbery incidents in the Singapore Strait. Several of the international programs monitoring and reporting on sea piracy and...
Read MoreThe US military is likely to return to Subic Bay 30 years after relinquishing what was once their largest military base in Asia, due to concerns over China’s increasing maritime assertiveness, a top official of the local body overseeing the free port zone said. The...
Read MoreChina’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning tells a regular briefing that the object is debris from a rocket’s payload fairing – casing that protects the nose-cone of a spacecraft – launched by China China denied on Monday, November 21, that...
Read MoreManila – The Chinese coast guard forcibly seized floating debris the Philippine navy was towing to its island in another confrontation in the disputed South China Sea, a Philippine military commander said Monday. The debris appeared to be from a Chinese rocket...
Read MoreMANILA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Residents of the Philippines-occupied Thitu Island, part of the disputed Spratlys archipelago in the South China Sea, said they heard blasts after a maritime encounter between the Philippine Navy and the China Coast Guard....
Read MoreThe circumstances around the Djibouti-flagged tanker than ran aground in Indonesian waters near Singapore are growing increasingly complicated. Initial reports said that the vessel was carrying a cargo of crude from Malaysia to China, but days after the grounding, the...
Read MoreCEBU CITY–A passenger vessel ran aground at the Jagna Port in Bohol after it was dragged by strong winds and waves on Friday night, the Philippine Coast Guard – Central Visayas reported. PCG-7 spokesperson Ensign Jordz Emata, said no injuries were reported among the...
Read MoreAt least three Philippine lawmakers want to designate sea lanes between the country’s islands where foreign ships would be allowed to travel, amid the continued presence of Chinese vessels in Manila’s waters and adjacent territorial sea. The lawmakers filed bills to...
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