China's November engagement in the Indo-Pacific included ongoing territorial disputes in the South China Sea, uncertain ...

The scenario centered on a contingency involving a crisis at Second Thomas Shoal, a reef that is occupied by approximately a dozen Philippine marines deployed on the BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated ...

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported it successfully drove away a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel from the waters off ...

Philippine-China relations seem to be in a state of despair as the Marcos regime is opening the door for heavier U.S. presence on its islands, especially those nearest to China. By bringing these ...

the BRP Sierra Madre, which has been marooned on Second Thomas Shoal since 1999, the coast guard said. “The deliberate blocking of the Philippine government ships to deliver food and supplies to ...

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Sunday said it had deployed an aircraft to check the “illegal presence” of two Chinese ...

US DEFENSE Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday spoke on the phone with his Philippine counterpart Gilberto Eduardo Gerardo C. Teodoro, Jr. to discuss boosting deterrence in the South China Sea amid ...

The disputed features also include Second Thomas Shoal and Sabina Shoal. The two countries have also been at odds over the US military's deployment of the Typhon missile system in the northern ...

The Chinese military carried out combat readiness patrols in waters and airspace surrounding a hotly disputed South China Sea shoal on Friday, the latest in a series of exercises to reinforce its ...

It is one of several South China Sea islets and reefs keenly contested by Manila and Beijing. The disputed features also include Second Thomas Shoal and Sabina Shoal. The two countries have also been ...