#Philippine coast guard deployed 3 patrol ship & a light plane to keep watch from a distance on the group of about 100 people who set off from western #Zambales province to assert Manila’s sovereignty over #ScarboroughShoal & surrounding waters.
Images in this article were taken from the #JapaneseMovie Be My Guest, Be My Baby, an improbable love story between a #Japanese graduate student & a Filipina Japayuki working in a #Philippine pub in Japan, based on best-selling novel #Sociology of Filipina Pub Girls by Kosho Nakashima.
This politician/lawyer/military is hated by many because of his actions during the #Marcos#MartialLaw era. However, his life has been so meme-ingful in today's #Philippine comedy scene. #NeverForget
A lawyer explaining that there's nothing wrong with over 20,000 network devices sharing a single private IP address used in the #Philippine election to transmit results is like listening to a toddler explain integral calculus. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines
"On August 22, two #PCG ships escorted boats commissioned by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (#AFP) to bring supplies to #Philippine Marines stationed at the #BRPSierraMadre, a grounded ship that serves as the Philippine outpost in those waters. It was the #Philippines’ second resupply mission in August, after a routine mission on August 5 was partially stopped by #China." #AyunginShoal
On Monday, #PCG deployed one of its biggest vessels, the #BRPGabrielaSilang, to the northeast corner of the resource-rich submerged landmass inside the country’s exclusive economic zone (#EEZ) for a two-week mission. #EastPHSea#China
#Philippine police backed by commandos staged a massive raid and rescued more than 2,700 workers who were allegedly swindled into working for #cybercrime groups.