Centuries of defiance against oppressors both from outside and within. We are Filipinos. We are a nation of heroes. We do not yield. 📸: @upsystem

The first of six HDP-2200 Offshore Patrol Vessels of the @Philippine_Navy 🇵🇭, BRP Rajah Sulayman PS-20 was spotted by a Korean blogger doing it's sea trials. It has spaces for 4-cells K-VLS, cruise missiles, Mistral-3, and TASS. She's expected to arrive by year-end or early 2026.

🇨🇳 CHINA COAST GUARD IS BACK Currently , there are 3 🇨🇳 Chinese Coast Guard patrol cutter loitering inside 🇲🇾 Malaysia's EEZ. CCG 5304 is the closest to Sarawak coastline approximately 50 nautical miles from Bintulu. 2 others patrol cutters are CCG 5302 & CCG 5306.

China's Territorial Claims:- Step 1️⃣: Create Fake Stories. Step 2️⃣: Call Them History. Step 3️⃣: Create Fake Maps. Step 4️⃣: Create Fake Lines. Step 5️⃣: Create Anarchy & Chaos

The 🇵🇭 cannot rely on Brunei or other ASEAN members in pushing back China’s intrusions and illegal activities because they tolerate Beijing’s actions in exchange for economic benefits. If Brunei is serious about its national interest, then it must start standing up against 🇨🇳.

The Philippine Marine Corps has revealed its first BrahMos missile battery during a presentation at the force’s 75th anniversary ceremony today. Located in Zambales, Manila’s first BrahMos base can reach Scarborough Shoal. Note the battery comp and facilities shown. 📸 RTVM

Dr. Bill Hayton discuss the history of the South China Sea stating that Chinese officials in the late 19th century said “They avoided any ownership of the Paracels Islands” that they had nothing to do with it. By 1933 China state that Pratas and Parcel islands have been part of China but no mention of the Spartly Islands. And by 1943 at the Cairo Declaration China had declared at the time that from Mongolia to the Paracel was Chinese territory. It was only at the year 1947 when a Chinese expedition then they started to claim the Spartly Islands.

The "Bully" Playbook: Normalize presence in the WPS. Ram & block Filipino boats. Harass fishermen & steal their catch. Put Cyanide in water & destroy Coral reefs. Brand the victim as aggressor. And, Continue with aggression. Typical Chinese drama, full of fakery.

Happening now at #ManilaDialogue: Dr. @CollinSLKoh, Senior Fellow, at S.RSIS presents a presentation on international law and maritime disputes. This is for Plenary Session 4: Securing Freedom of Navigation and the Rule of Law through Cross-Regional Defense Cooperation. He is joined by @GordianKnotRay of Sealight at Stanford University, DR. SOPHIE WUSHUANG YI from the Grandview Institution. ATTY. FRETTI GANCHOON from the Philippine Department of Justice, DR. JOHN HEMMINGS of the Council on Geostrategy, London. The panel is chaired by VINA NADJIBULLA of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. #WPS #SitRepPH @wps_ph piped.video/live/cgjYgge155A…

AJEX 2025 | The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) signaled the start of the AFP Joint Exercise “Dagit, Langit at Lupa” (AJEX “DAGITPA”) activities at the Laoag Sand Dunes, Barangay Navotas, Laoag City on November 4, 2025. The exercise brings together the Philippine Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, with the participation of the Philippine Coast Guard and the Philippine National Police, to enhance interoperability and joint operational readiness. The annual AJEX “DAGITPA” serves as a key component in the AFP’s implementation of the Comprehensive Archipelagic Defense Concept (CADC), aimed at strengthening joint defense capabilities across land, air, and maritime domains. Training activities will include airfield seizure, counter-landing live fire, amphibious operations, and land defense exercises in Northern Luzon—demonstrating the AFP’s commitment to securing the nation’s territorial integrity through unified and coordinated operations. Photos from 503rd Infantry Brigade, 5th Infantry Division See also: facebook.com/share/p/1BS95ck… #AFPyoucanTRUST #OneAFPOnePhilippines #StrongAFPStrongPhilippines #OurSeasOurRightsOurFuture #AJEX2025

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A Joint Venture of DYNACAST Shipbuilding and Repair and MEGASHIP Builders was issued a NTP for the one unit of 50m MMOV with helipad. 📸BFAR

Image: This is one of the Philippine Coast Guard's newest additions to the fleet, which is formerly the Philippine Red Cross' M/V Amazing Grace, now BRP Amelia Gordon (PCG-5501). Once served as the M/V Susitna, the ship gets designed to serve as a transport vessel in Alaska, until the project was then discontinued and the vessel not commissioned. This was then sold to the Philippine Red Cross in 2015, and then donated to the Philippine Coast Guard in the year 2025. Since its operation as M/V Amazing Grace, the BRP Amelia Gordon will serve as an additional operational platform intended to support the humanitarian aid and disaster response operations needed in disaster-prone places of the country. #PDA #PitzDefAnalysis #PhilippineCoastGuard Image (c) The Philippine Shipspotters Society

Not much has been disclosed about the extension of Pag-asa (Thitu) Island’s runway besides bid docs. Now we have a view of the recent development on the island. Besides Pag-asa, additional structures are also being built in other 🇵🇭 held features. 🎥 Manlalakbay

PCG FORMALLY COMMISSIONS PIPER NAVAJO PLANE The @coastguardph Aviation Command announced the formal induction to service of its Piper PA-31-350 “Navajo Chieftain” aircraft in a recent ceremony. It will boost the PCG’s maritime air surveillance and domain awareness capabilities.

The Philippine Navy confirmed our earlier report that the structures sighted near the southeast entrance of Bajo de Masinloc were constructed by the 🇵🇭 military. As mentioned, the structures were supposed to be starshell barracks for our troops to be stationed in the shoal.

The Philippine Coast Guard confirmed using satellite imagery that the structures sighted in Bajo de Masinloc were not recently constructed.

The starshell barracks were never completed and left to deteriorate. The ones sighted during the MARPAT flight of the PCG are the remnants of the supposed stations of Philippine troops in the shoal – the remaining structures are reminders that 🇵🇭 has control over Scarborough.

STRUCTURES SIGHTED IN BAJO DE MASINLOC WERE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED BY THE PHILIPPINES Back in 1999, the Philippine Navy started the construction of starshell barracks in the southeast entrance of the shoal, similar to the ones in Patag Island and Rizal Reef. (1/2)

Let’s strip away every layer of China’s false narrative: 1. “Illegally grounded warship” — Wrong. The BRP Sierra Madre has been stationed at Ayungin Shoal since 1999. Ayungin is inside the Philippines’ 200-nautical-mile EEZ under UNCLOS. That makes it Philippine territory to defend and patrol. No illegality exists when a sovereign state stations its own vessel on its own seabed. 2. “Ren’ai Jiao is China’s territory” — Wrong again. The 2016 Hague Tribunal ruling explicitly declared that China’s so-called “historic rights” and its Nine-Dash Line have no legal basis in international law. Every major power, ASEAN partners, the EU, and the UN Secretary General have acknowledged this ruling. The only country denying it is China itself. 3. “Philippine boats ignored clear warnings” — China has no authority to issue warnings in another nation’s EEZ. Under UNCLOS, only the Philippines has the right to regulate, police, and manage Ayungin Shoal and its waters. China’s “warnings” are nothing more than unlawful harassment. 4. “CCG was conducting normal law enforcement” — False. Law enforcement applies only within a country’s sovereign territory. China’s CCG operations inside the West Philippine Sea are acts of trespass and coercion. Harassing supply boats, blocking access, and firing water cannons at lawful missions is not “law enforcement”—it is bullying. 5. “Legitimate and lawful operations” — On the contrary, what is legitimate and lawful is the Philippines resupplying its outpost and protecting its fishermen within its EEZ. China’s presence is the illegal one, a direct violation of both UNCLOS and its own commitment to the 2002 ASEAN–China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties (DOC), which calls for self-restraint. FOR CLEAR UNDERSTANDING: Ayungin Shoal is Philippine territory by law, by right, and by geography. The BRP Sierra Madre is a symbol of lawful sovereignty. Every Chinese ship that enters these waters trespasses, bullies, and violates international law. No propaganda, no “historic map,” and no staged press release can change that reality.

China is imposing a “civilian” blockade in Ayungin Shoal again, with the intent to hinder new resupply missions and pressure the 🇵🇭 to withdraw from the area, similar to what it has done in Sabina Shoal.