MANILA – China’s increasingly aggressive actions will not prevent the Philippines from carrying out rotation and resupply (RORE) missions to its troops in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said Thursday. “That is our obligation and that is our right. We will not leave Ayungin Shoal,” Brawner said in a message ...

MANILA – Philippine Army (PA) engineering units and their counterparts from the United States Army have built a multi-purpose humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) warehouse in Batanes province. In a news release Thursday, PA spokesperson Col. Louie Dema-ala said the HADR warehouse in Itbayat town was formally turned over to the local government unit on June 17. “The supply warehouse ...

MANILA – Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo spoke with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken on Thursday about China’s “escalatory actions” in the West Philippine Sea, the State Department said. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said the two top diplomats discussed China’s “dangerous and irresponsible actions to deny the Philippines from executing a lawful maritime operation in the South China Sea” ...

MANILA – Most parts of the archipelago will continue to experience rains due to the prevailing southwest monsoon, the weather bureau said Thursday. Occidental Mindoro, Romblon, Central Visayas, Western Visayas, and Mindanao will have scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said these areas could possibly experience flash floods or landslides due to moderate ...