MANILA, Philippines — Resupply trip to Ayungin proceeds unhampered As Chinese ships watched from a distance, Philippine vessels completed a rotation and resupply (RORE) mission to the BRP Sierra ...

To no one’s surprise, the attention was focused on one word: Ayungin. Known internationally as Second Thomas Shoal, Ayungin is a shallow feature located some 200 kilometers west of Palawan in ...

MANILA: Chinese ships staged a rare “invasion” of Ayungin or Second Thomas Shoal in the West Philippine Sea in a “calculated show of force by Beijing,” after disrupting a Philippine ...

China and the Philippines have traded barbs for months over maneuvers at Ayungin Shoal, an atoll within Manila's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea.

Routine missions to Ayungin Shoal, also known as Second Thomas Shoal, were not always as incident-free as they have been in recent months. The shoal is a flashpoint for tensions between the ...