And I’m here to tell you that you are free to fish anywhere in the WPS,” he ... was the regional launch of BFAR’s LAYAG-West PH Sea Program, an initiative aimed at empowering fishing ...

West Philippine Sea is also a rich source of fisheries production, with over 300,000 metric tons of fish harvested annually, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority. Why should the ...

MANILA, Philippines — A wooden Filipino fishing boat was allegedly rammed by an unidentified vessel in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands in the West Philippine Sea last Jan. 30. Five of its ...

MANILA – Amid continued provocations by the China Coast Guard (CCG) and numerous diplomatic protests from the Philippines, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. delivered a resolute message before foreign ...

“NSA Año and NSA Okano discussed areas of cooperation to address destabilizing actions in the West Philippine Sea/South China Sea,” the NSC said in a statement. “They reaffirmed their commitment to ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday announced that it was able to conduct another routine rotation and resupply (RORE) mission for the contingent manning the BRP Sierra Madre in the ...