The U.S. Army task force that brought six HIMARS to the recently concluded Balikatan exercise has maintained a presence in ...

Additional Philippine Army forces have been deployed to Central Mindanao to strengthen security ahead of the May 12 national ...

A top military general has issued a stark warning about an "aggressive Beijing" as tensions rise in the South China Sea. The ...

Lt. Gen. Roy Galido, commanding general of the Philippine Army (PA), will participate in an international symposium and ...

BEIJING (AP) — The Philippines on Monday rejected China’s claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays by both sides of their national flags on the ...

said they had picked up plastic bottles and other debris and displayed the Chinese national flag “to assert sovereignty.” Jonathan Malaya, the assistant director general of the Philippine ...

including one showing personnel displaying a Philippine flag on one of the sandbars. “This operation reflects the unwavering dedication and commitment of the Philippine Government to uphold the ...

The Philippine Navy has ... guard officers unfurling a national flag on the reef, which China calls Tiexian Jiao. The sandbank sits near Thitu Island (known as Pag-asa in the Philippines), which hosts ...

The sandbars are in the Spratly Islands, between Philippine-occupied Thitu Island and Subi Reef, which China has transformed into a base with a military ... national flag “to assert sovereignty”.