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- Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. talks beside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, not shown, during their joint statement at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines on Nov. 3, 2023. Dozens of Filipinos fled from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip into Egypt through the Rafah crossing after Filipino diplomats negotiated for their safe passage and Qatar mediated for the border to be opened, Marcos said Wednesday, Nov. 8. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, Pool, File)
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40 Filipinos flee war-ravaged Gaza Strip through Rafah crossing and arrive in Egypt
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Tue,11/07/23-10:00PM , 446 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of Filipinos fled from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip into Egypt through the Rafah crossing after Filipino diplomats negotiated for their safe passage and Qatar mediated for the border to be opened, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Wednesday.
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- In this image from a video released by the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Filipino sailors, bottom, look after a Chinese coast guard ship with bow number 5203 bumps their supply boat as they approach Second Thomas Shoal, locally called Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Sunday Oct. 22, 2023. (Armed Forces of the Philippines via AP)
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Philippines says a coast guard ship and supply boat were rammed by Chinese vessels at disputed shoal
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Sat,10/21/23-10:44PM , 398 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship and an accompanying vessel rammed a Philippine coast guard ship and a military-run supply boat Sunday off a contested shoal, Philippine officials said, in an encounter that heightened fears of an armed conflict in the disputed South China Sea
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- A Philippine Coast Guard rigid hull inflatable boat passes by the Japanese Coast Guard Akitsushima (PLH-32) during a trilateral Coast Guard drill of the U.S., Japan and Philippines, near the waters of the disputed South China See in Bataan province, Philippines, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. The United States, Japan and Australia are planning a joint navy drill in the South China Sea off the western Philippines this week to underscore their commitment to the rule of law in the region after a recent show of Chinese aggression in the disputed waters, Filipino security officials said Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
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US, Japan and Australia plan joint navy drills in disputed South China Sea, Philippine officials say
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Sun,08/20/23-2:02AM , 253 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Japan and Australia are planning a joint navy drill in the South China Sea off the western Philippines this week to underscore their commitment to the rule of law in the region after a recent show of Chinese aggression in the disputed waters, Filipino security officials said Sunday.
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- In this photo provided by the Philippine Coast Guard, a Chinese Coastguard ship, front, allegedly blocks the path of a Philippine Coast Guard ship near the Philippine-occupied Second Thomas Shoal, South China Sea during a re-supply mission on Saturday Aug. 5, 2023. The Philippine military condemned on Sunday a Chinese coast guard ship's "excessive and offensive" use of a water cannon to block a Filipino supply boat from delivering new troops, food, water and fuel to a Philippine-occupied shoal in the disputed South China Sea. (Philippine Coast Guard via AP)
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Philippine military condemns Chinese coast guard's use of water cannon on its boat in disputed sea
By JIM GOMEZ - Associated Press
Sat,08/05/23-11:10PM , 149 Reads
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military on Sunday condemned a Chinese coast guard ship's “excessive and offensive” use of a water cannon to block a Filipino supply boat from delivering new troops, food, water and fuel to a Philippine-occupied shoal in the disputed South China Sea.
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