Tag: Manila
Large fire ravages Manila – around 1000 homes completely destroyed
A large fire ravaged a slum area in the Philippines’ capital Manila during Sunday morning, several media reports. Manila’s emergency services state that around a thousand homes have been completely…
Sabina Atoll, object of desire and tensions between Beijing and Manila – L’Express
After nearly five months firmly anchored to the Sabina Atoll, the Philippine Coast Guard’s flagship, the BRP Teresa Magbanu, reluctantly weighed anchor on Sunday, September 15. Anchored on the coast…
The new maritime clash that revives tensions between Manila and Beijing – L’Express
Chinese- and Philippine-flagged ships collided on Monday, August 19, in a fresh clash near a disputed reef in the South China Sea, with both countries blaming each other for the…
Manila says it has reached an ‘arrangement’ with Beijing over the disputed Second Thomas Reef
According to the Philippine Foreign Ministry, Manila and Beijing have agreed to facilitate the resupply of Philippine troops at the disputed Second Thomas Reef in the Spratly Islands. The rusting…
Manila summons Zhou Zhiyong, number two at the Chinese embassy
The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs summoned the number two of the Chinese embassy in the Philippines after the “harassment of Philippine vessels” in the South China Sea. Tuesday April…
tensions reignite between Beijing and Manila – L’Express
Since the end of October, incidents have increased between China and the Philippines. China affirmed, Monday, December 11, that the operations carried out by its coast guard against Philippine ships…
In disputed South China Sea, Manila and Beijing blame each other for ship collision
This Sunday, December 10, a Philippine boat and a Chinese coast guard vessel collided in the waters of the Spratly Islands. The two countries blame each other for the incident…
Manila wants to better monitor Beijing’s ships
This Friday, December 1, the Philippines announced the installation of a coast guard station on Thitu, the largest of its islands in the South China Sea, in order to monitor…
Beijing and Manila blame each other – L’Express
Tension rises between the Philippines and China. The two countries continued on Monday October 23 to blame each other for collisions between their country’s ships near a disputed South China…
Storm Nalgae leaves behind mud and floods and threatens Manila
Tropical Storm Nalgae, which slammed into the Philippines, is now threatening the capital Manila after killing at least 45 people following flooding and landslides in the archipelago. Storm Nalgae, expected…