TWO influential leaders of the Filipino-Chinese community are calling for a halt to the Philippines’s escalating tensions with China following the war of words between the United States and China on one hand, and the Philippines and its giant neighbor on the other. They argue that it will not only…
AMID China’s growing aggression in the West Philippine Sea, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. created the National Maritime Council (NMC) to safeguard the country’s territorial waters. Established by Executive Order (EO) No.57, series of 2024, the NMC replaced the National Coast Watch Council (NCWC) to “strengthen Philippine maritime security and…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is eager to file charges against Chinese fishermen allegedly behind the cyanide fishing in Bajo de Masinloc in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea).
The Senate has ratified next year’s national budget that included institutional amendments that will provide the much-needed boost to the country’s defensive posture in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).
THE Senate will seek a closed-door briefing on the security situation on Wednesday (December 6) following the Sunday terror attack on a Catholic service in Marawi that killed four and injured 27 others. Presiding at Monday’s session as senators took turns condemning the attack – initially owned by ISIS, per initial reports…