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Published April 15, 2021, 5:56 PM Opposition Senator Leila de Lima on Thursday, April 15, urged the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to reevaluate its stance on the West Philippine Sea (WPS), noting how its loyalty to the country is starting to waver in favor of following the Duterte administration’s pro-China policy. Senator Leila De Lima (PHOTO BY JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO) De Lima made the remark after the AFP awarded ABS-CBN reporter Chiara Zambrano and her team for raising awaren...

AFP to deploy 3 more Navy ships to West Philippine Sea —Arevalo By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News Published April 14, 2021 8:03pm The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will deploy three more Navy vessels to the West Philippine Sea amid the increasing aggression of China in the area, its spokesperson Major General Edgard Arevalo said. Interviewed on Super Radyo dzBB on Wednesday, Arevalo said AFP chief General Cirilito Sobejana ordered the augmentation of its assets in the disputed territ...

Photo of Chinese vessels spotted at the Julian Felipe Reef on March 27, 2021 (Photo courtesy of National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea / FILE PHOTO) Major Gen. Edgard Arevalo, AFP spokesperson, said the military has coordinated with the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and the Philippine National Police’s Maritime Group (PNP-MG) to conduct coordinated patrols in WPS. “Kung hindi humihinto ang Tsina sa kanyang ginagawang illegal na pan...

The National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea says the Chinese maritime militia vessels were dispersed around Pagkakaisa Banks and Pag-asa Islands in the West Philippine Sea.

Published April 10, 2021, 5:59 PM The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said on Saturday, April 10, that the result of the investigation on the reported harassment of a Philippine civilian boat by Chinese military vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) will determine the courses of action that it would take. (MANILA BULLETIN) Major Cherryl Tindog, chief of WesCom’s public affairs office, said the probe will focus on the circumstances of the chase down of a motor banca boarded by a telev...

Published April 9, 2021, 2:34 PM The Department of National Defense (DND) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) initiated an investigation on Friday, April 9, to verify the alleged harrassment of Chinese military vessels on a civilian Philippine vessel in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). Photo of Chinese vessels spotted at the Julian Felipe Reef on March 27, 2021 (Photo courtesy of National Task Force for the West Philippine Sea / FILE PHOTO) Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana ordered th...

DND orders probe into alleged China harassment of Philippine TV crew in West Philippine Sea Published April 9, 2021 2:33pm The Department of National Defense (DND) has ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines to conduct an investigation into China’s alleged harassment on a Filipino television crew in the West Philippine Sea. In a statement issued Friday, DND spokesperson Arsenio Andolong said the Armed Forces Western Command was instructed to validate all information regarding the re...

PH probes reported Chinese attack crafts chase of Filipino civilian vessel in WPS enablePagination: false endIndex: Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 9) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines is investigating the reported harassment of a Filipino civilian vessel by Chinese Navy and Coast Guard ships in the West Philippine Sea. The AFP launched the probe on Friday as ordered by the Department of National Defense. Both expressed concern over ABS-CBN’s report that its television crew, onboa...

Military to probe boat chase in WPS Christian Crow Maghanoy © Provided by The Manila Times The Department of National Defense (DND) on Friday said it would order the Armed Forces of the Philippines to investigate the incident Thursday in the West Philippine Sea where the boat chartered by an ABS-CBN news crew was chased by at least two Chinese attack craft armed with missiles. © Provided by The Manila Times RIGHT NOT MIGHT An aerial image of the Julian Felipe (Whitsun) Reef...

Lt Gen Manjinder Singh takes over as Chief of Staff, Western Command Jammu, Apr 1 (UNI) Lieutenant General Manjinder Singh on Thursday took over as the Chief of Staff, Headquarters Western Command. The General laid a wreath and paid homage to the martyrs of Western Command at ‘Veer Smriti’ War Memorial at Command HQ. General Manjinder Singh is an alumnus of Sainik School Kapurthala, National Defence Academy and Indian Military Academy. The General was commissioned into 19 MADRAS Regiment ...