
The price of deterrence
Chinese Coast Guard vessels’ actions in the West Philippine Sea are getting bolder and more irritating, as they sailed close to Zambales, Pangasinan, and up to the La Union coasts in the country’s western seaboard.
Chinese Coast Guard vessels’ actions in the West Philippine Sea are getting bolder and more irritating, as they sailed close to Zambales, Pangasinan, and up to the La Union coasts in the country’s western seaboard.
The issue of mental health remains to be an uncharted territory in Masinloc, Zambales, even as fear often creeps into the hearts of fisherfolk in the frontlines of China’s aggression in the West Philippine Sea.
The latest Phivolcs report showed the quake’s epicenter at 9 kilometers northwest of Masinloc with a depth of 29 kms.
Typhoon Tisoy exited the country leaving at least three people dead and shutting the capital, causing massive blackouts and damages to properties and forcing work stoppage in government offices, cancellation of classes and disrupting competitions in the 30th SEA Games being hosted by the country.
It has been over two weeks since the fishing vessel FFB Three Sisters – 2 disappeared due to strong wind and big waves somewhere in the area of Bajo de Masinloc, Zambales