FACT CHECK: Video shows Japanese aircraft, NOT PH ‘seaplane for BRP Sierra Madre’
The video shows the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s amphibian aircraft US-2 taking off from Etajima Bay on March 30.
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VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Agreement sa Ayungin, ano ba talaga?
Itinanggi ni dating pangulong Rodrigo Duterte na meron silang "gentlemen's agreement" ni Xi Jinping, ang pinuno ng China, tungkol sa Ayungin Shoal.
Why China blocks bringing of construction supplies to BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal
When former president Rodrigo Duterte agreed with Chinese President Xi Jin Ping to not repair the BRP Sierra Madre, he was, in fact, abandoning the Marines valiantly manning the rusting ship, which has become a heroic symbol of the Philippine’s resistance against the creeping invasion by China. That was treason.
Civilian groups to deliver Christmas gifts to soldiers in BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin shoal
Members of several organizations concerned about China’s aggressive activities in West Philippine Sea are organizing a trip Christmas time to Ayungin Shoal where the rusting BRP Sierra Madre manned by Marine soldiers stands, asserting Philippine sovereignty in the waters also claimed by China.
On board the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal: A journalist’s first-hand account
True to a Biblical reference on the wise man who built his house on a rock, BRP Sierra Madre stands defiantly on Ayungin Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) even as one of Asia Pacific’s top military superpowers has been trying to have it removed for almost 30 years now.
Will the MDT be operationalized in Ayungin Shoal clash?
The assurance of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Feb. 2 that the Mutual Defense Treaty is applicable on the West Philippine Sea will be tested in Ayungin Shoal as Chinese ships become more determined to block any more attempts by the Philippine Navy to repair the dilapidated BRP Sierra Madre, which is holding out as a block to China’s expansionism in the South China Sea.
BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin shoal: Test for MDT
THE rising tension at the Ayungin shoal, just 21 nautical miles from Mischief Reef where China has built fortifications, could be a test on the usefulness of the 1951 PH-US Mutual Defense Treaty In its statement issued last Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs said: “The BRP Sierra Madre, a commissioned Philippine Naval Vessel, was
