The Sierra Madre is stranded at Second Thomas Shoal, located 300 kilometers from the nearest Philippine coast and 1,000 kilometers from the Chinese island of Hainan. Beijing claims most of the ...

The Philippine warship grounded 25 years ago at the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China ... of Natural Resources concluded that the BRP Sierra Madre, which the Philippine navy ran aground ...

A dilapidated but still active Philippine Navy ship BRP Sierra Madre sits at the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Aug. 22, 2023. The United ...

FILE - A dilapidated but still active Philippine Navy ship BRP Sierra Madre sits at the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Aug. 22, 2023.

confirmed and monitored” a civilian ship sent by the Philippines to take necessities to its Sierra Madre warship – which Beijing says is illegally beached at Second Thomas Shoal known as Renai ...

China's Coast Guard Says Philippine Vessel Took Supplies to Second Thomas Shoal BEIJING (Reuters ... said the resupply mission to the naval ship Sierra Madre had been supported by the ...

China on Monday reiterated its claims to the Second Thomas Shoal and the Spratly Islands where it is located as well as the adjacent waters. It said that with the Sierra Madre, the Philippines was ...

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Monday that Beijing had agreed to allow Manila to resupply its personnel on the Sierra Madre ... for a clash near Second Thomas Shoal in which a ...

The United States renewed a warning Tuesday that it is obligated to defend the Philippines, a treaty ally, a day after the hours-long hostilities in Second ... BRP Sierra Madre, at the shoal.