In 2013, Dr. Aileen S.P. Baviera and Jay Batongbacal released a comprehensive primer on the territorial and maritime jurisdiction disputes in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). This guide, crafted ...

"Signed National Maritime Council (NMC) Resolution No. 002 (2025) recommending the adoption of the standard set of Philippine ...

OUTGOING Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo, on Saturday, June 28, signed National Maritime Council (NMC) Resolution 002 (2025) ...

THE 53rd Infantry Battalion (53IB) conducted on Thursday, June 26, 2025, a comprehensive lecture to its troops on the West ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Saturday called for restraint after the Philippines announced it ...

The Philippines joined the recently-concluded coast guard drills of the United States and Japan in what experts see as a ...

MANILA, Philippines — International maritime security expert Ray Powell accused China of gaslighting the Philippines over the disputed West Philippine Sea. In an interview with “Storycon” on ...

Cagayan is a frontline province in the South China Sea conflict. It hosts two sites under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), a 2014 agreement where the US military is given access to ...

He then accused the Philippines of violating China’s sovereignty and the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea, especially Article 5, which says the parties should refrain from ...