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MANILA, Philippines: The government has filed a diplomatic protest against China Coast Guards (CCG) use of water cannon against Philippine vessels on resupply missions to Bajo de Masinloc and Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military chief said Monday he was with Filipino forces aboard a supply boat when it was blasted with a water cannon, surrounded and bumped by Chinese coast guard ships over the weekend in the disputed South China Sea. General Romeo Brawner Jr told The Associated Press in a telephone […]

China accused the Philippines of violating its sovereignty on two separate occasions over the weekend after its neighbor to the southeast undertook supply…

The Christmas voyage of the This is Ours Coalition to areas claimed by the Philippines has been turned back after Chinese vessels shadowed their course.

The Chinese coast guard targeted Philippine vessels with water cannon blasts Sunday and rammed one of them, causing damage and endangering Filipino crew members off a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, just a day after similar hostilities at another contested shoal, Philippine officials said. The Philippines and its treaty ally, the United States,…

The moves came after the Philippines said one of its vessels was rammed and others directly targeted” by a China Coast Guard ship with a water cannon.

General Romeo Brawner Jr was onboard a vessel which was hit with water cannon over the weekend in the contested South China Sea.

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The head of the Philippine military said on Monday he was with his forces aboard a supply boat when it was blasted with a water cannon and barged by Chinese coastguard ships over the weekend in the disputed South China Sea.China, meanwhile, accused t...

(UPDATE) THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Monday said it filed a diplomatic protest against the China Coast Guard (CCG) for firing a water cannon at Philippine vessels on resupply missions to Bajo de Masinloc (Scarborough) and Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoals in the West Philippine Sea (WPS).