The 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...
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TWO fishermen were arrested by authorities in an anti-illegal fishing campaign in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police reported Wednesday, November 23, 2022. Police Colonel Eduard Mallo, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the arrested fishermen as...
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A JOINT team of policemen and Bureau of Customs (BOC) personnel have arrested 14 people and seized some P2.5 million worth of assorted smuggled cigarettes in an anti-smuggling operation Wednesday, November 23, 2022, off Zamboanga City. Police Colonel Alexander...
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China’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...
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Manila – 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...
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MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday personally thanked United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris for America’s commitment to defend the Philippines, its treaty ally, against any armed attack in the South China Sea (SCS). He made this remark as...
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MANILA (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....
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Chinese and Russian surface action groups have transited past Japan on their voyage home, while Chinese aircraft have transited in an out of the Pacific Ocean through the Miyako Strait, according to the Japanese Ministry of Defense. Meanwhile, the U.S. and Japan are...
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will underscore America’s commitment to defending treaty ally the Philippines with a visit that started Sunday and involves flying to an island province facing the disputed South China Sea, where Washington has...
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The Philippines got the backing of New Zealand in its claims over some parts of the South China Sea after Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed support for the country’s position. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said Saturday Ardern made her pronouncement...
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Several Chinese aircraft and naval vessels entered the Taiwan Strait, crossing into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone, its government announced early Wednesday morning. “16 PLA aircraft and 3 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.,” its...
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Chinese Navy’s hospital ship Peace Ark has been operating in Jakarta, Indonesia, since arriving last Thursday, providing free medical care to locals. The service has been welcomed by the local residents as more than 700 patients have visited the hospital for the...
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