China keeps pushing around the unarmed fishermen who are fishing in their traditional areas in the west Philippine sea, even in areas within our economic borders.

And now the Philippines is daring to push back and help protect our fishemen,

starting last year the tech savvy Coast guard started to to film the aggression and tweeting about it.

Manila Standard 2 12 24:

Videos released by the PCG show a CCG vessel just meters from the port beam of the Teresa Magbanua, before it crossed the path of the Filipino boat. “Nevertheless, the PCG vessel professionally engaged both the CCG and CMM vessels through radio reiterating the clear and principled position of the Philippines in accordance with international law,” the PCG statement read. The Chinese embassy in Manila did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

also upsetting China: Placing military on our northern islands. This is near Taiwan, but is also near the shipping routes and internet cables, which could be blocked if China invades Taiwan. 

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Update: Chinese cyberattack against Phil Coast Guard.

Unknown hackers attacked the X (formerly Twitter) account of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) early Thursday morning, wiping out its entire page content since it was put up in 2013, including its logo and profile picture, but this was “retrieved” about five hours later. The hacking came nearly two weeks after the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) blocked cyberattacks “from within China” against the Google Workspaces and email addresses of the PCG’s National Coast Watch, the DICT itself, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration and the official website of President Marcos.

China, which has a decades long maritime dispute with the Philippines over parts of the South China Sea, has denied any involvement in that attack.

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