(NEWS 5) Senators have condemned China after Beijing’s coast guard vessels was accused of intentionally colliding with Philippine vessels in the South China Sea. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri urged the China Coast Guard (CCG) to comply with international laws governing safe maritime travel and recognize the Philippines’ freedom of navigation in its own exclusive…
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(RADYO INQUIRER) Kinondena ng ilang senador ang pagbangga ng Chinese militia vessels sa Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) ship at isang resupply vessel sa West Philippine Sea (WPS). “I am one with peace-loving Filipinos in strongly condemning this latest abhorrent actions of the China Coast Guard and Chinese maritime militia that put in danger the lives…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Several senators and ambassadors expressed concern and denounced the collision of an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)-contracted resupply boat and a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ship in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Sunday. The incident happened during a regular and routine Rotation and Resupply (RORE) mission to BRP Sierra Madre at around…
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(INQUIRER) MANILA, Philippines — Several senators and ambassadors expressed concern and denounced the collision of an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)-contracted resupply boat and a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) ship in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Sunday. The incident happened during a regular and routine Rotation and Resupply (RORE) mission to BRP Sierra Madre at around…
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(GMA NEWS) Lawmakers on Sunday condemned the China Coast Guard’s (CCG) attempt to thwart an Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) resupply mission that resulted in a collision in the West Philippine Sea (WPS). In a statement, Senator Jinggoy Estrada said the CCG’s actions not only violated maritime norms and international law but also posed…
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(NEWS KO) Ipinahayag ito ni Senador Jinggoy Estrada matapos banggain ng Chinese Coast Guard ang barkong inarkila ng Armed Forces of the Philippines para sa resupply mission sa Ayungin Shoal sa West Philippine Sea. Ayon kay Estrada, chairman ng Senate committee on national defense and security, ang naturang aksyon ng Chinese Coast Guard ay hindi…
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(CNN) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 22) — A critic of Senator Jinggoy Estrada was convicted of cyber libel for statements made against the lawmaker in 2020. The case stemmed from a complaint filed by Estrada over Jessant So’s Facebook posts where he described the lawmaker as “magnanakaw, abusado at corrupt na opisyal at isang kandidatong maagang nangangampanya (a thief,…
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We strongly condemn the reckless and hostile behavior of the Chinese Coast Guard towards our resupply boat contracted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) resulting in a collision near Ayunging Shoal. These actions not only violate maritime norms and international law but also pose a threat to the safety and security of the…
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(CNN) Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, October 22) — Several lawmakers on Sunday condemned China’s latest blocking maneuvers against Philippine vessels en route to BRP Sierra Madre, which ended in collisions off Ayungin Shoal. In a statement, Senator Risa Hontiveros stressed that the China Coast Guard (CCG) was at fault in the recent incident as the Philippine…
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I welcome the decision of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 90 finding the accused in my cyber libel complaint, Jessant So, guilty beyond reasonable doubt for seven counts under Section 4(c)(4) of Republic Act No. 10175, otherwise known as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 and sentenced to suffer the penalty of imprisonment…
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