The hoisting of the Philippine national flag on Sandy Cay on Sunday (April 27) reaffirms President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.’s commitment that the Philippines will not yield even a square inch ...
Sandy Cay (Filipino name: “Pag-asa Cay 2”), a tiny South China Sea (SCS) sandbar found in the western section of our Pag-Asa island’s Territorial Sea (TS), is very much in the news these days. Yet, in ...
A China Coast Guard (CCG) ship reportedly fired water cannon and sideswiped a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessel in Pag-asa Cay 2 (Sandy Cay) in the West Philippine Sea ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Inter-Agency Maritime Operation (IAMO) conducted by the Philippine authorities at Pag-asa Cay 1, Cay 2, and Cay 3 and their surrounding waters negates China’s claim that it ...
PUERTO PRINCESA CITY, Palawan, Philippines — Piles of dead corals have covered the entire Sandy Cay 2, a small sandbar situated 3 kilometers (2 miles) west of Pag-asa (Thitu) Island in Kalayaan town, ...
MANILA, Philippines —The Philippine Navy, Philippine Coast Guard, and Philippine National Police-Maritime Group on Sunday completed an Inter-Agency Maritime Operation (IAMO) at Pag-asa Cay 1, Cay 2, ...
MANILA, Philippines — There is “no truth whatsoever” to the China Coast Guard (CCG)’s declaration that it has seized the Pag-asa (Sandy) Cay, National Security Council (NSC) assistant director general ...
MANILA, Philippines — The National Maritime Council (NMC) belied the reported China’s claim over Sandy Cay, saying this is a “clear example” of disinformation by the Chinese government. Beijing state ...
THE National Task Force West Philippine Sea (NTF WPS) on Sunday announced that it has deployed an inter-agency patrol to assert the country’s sovereignty over Pag-asa Island, its three cays and its ...