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(Eagle News) — More Filipinos are fishing in waters in the vicinity of Pag-Asa Island, the Philippine Coast Guard said. According to the PCG, around 25 Filipino fishing boats were found fishing in the island’s waters during the deployment of the largest Coast Guard contingent in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) from May 12 to 14. The PCG said Coast Guard personnel checked their conditions and gave them relief supplies and COVID-19 kits during their […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine Coast Guard has deployed vessels to search for seven Chinese fishermen reported missing near Pag-asa Island. According to the PCG, PCG Commandant, CG Admiral Leopoldo V. Laroya ordered the deployment of BRP Capones (MRRV-4404) and PCG-manned BFAR vessels, MCS-3002 and MCS-3007. Laroya also directed Coast Guard District Palawan Commander, CG Captain Angel Z Viliran to deploy BRP Cape Engaño (MRRV-4411) to assist in the search and rescue operations. Laroya gave […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippine Coast Guard rescued 30 people aboard a motor boat which drifted in the vicinity of waters off the Royal Captain Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Friday night. The Coast Guard said that the 30 passengers aboard the Motor Launch Hadzraima which was headed for Pagasa island made a distress call at 7:01p.m. that was received by the Coast Guard district of Palawan. The passengers were all residents […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday, April 27, said the Philippines was seeking to “improve our collective capacity to manage and protect marine resource.” Duterte made the remark before world leaders at the second Belt and Road forum in Beijing, China after National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon said the Philippines would declare Pagasa Island as a marine protected environment. China has sent vessels near the island, a move the Philippines has denounced via a […]
(Eagle News) – The Philippines, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, called on the Chinese government to adhere to an earlier consensus on the exercise of self-restraint in deploying its vessels on Philippine territory as it called the recent swarming of Chinese vessels in the Pag-asa islands as “illegal.” In a statement issued on Thursday, April 4, the DFA categorially stated that “the Pag-asa Islands are part of the Kalayaan Island Group (KIG), […]
(Eagle News)—The Philippine government has filed a diplomatic protest against China over the presence of Chinese vessels near Pagasa Island, the Palace said on Monday, April 1. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said the Department of Foreign Affairs in particular noted the presence of 275 Chinese vessels from January to March this year. He did not say when the protest was filed. The Philippines and China have had improved relations since President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office. […]
(Eagle News) — The House committee on natural resources has approved a bill seeking to declare the Kalayaan Island Group as “alienable and disposable land for agricultural, residential and commercial purposes.” In their explanatory note of House Bill 5614, Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez and Majority Leader Rodolfo Fariñas said there was an “urgent need” to make such a declaration to “promote permanent dwelling and develop a viable source of livelihood for the residents…” They noted that the […]
A Chinese official admitted that it sent vessels to a disputed atoll in the South China Sea to tow a grounded Filipino ship. China’s foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the grounded ship had been “properly handled” after towing away. But Philippine officials said china had stationed several ships near a disputed atoll in the South China Sea, preventing Filipino fishermen from accessing traditional fishing grounds. China deployed up to seven ships to Quirino atoll, […]
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Foreign Affairs is still verifying the reports of a Chinese Coast Guard vessel near Pagasa Island, one of the islands occupied by the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea, with nearby local government officials expressing apprehension due to the nearness of said vessel although there was no reported intervention on Philippine fishing in said area. Futhermore, said vessel stayed in the area while the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is […]
