SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES >> A unit of Hawaii Marines is in the Philippines fielding new weapons for the first time amid ...

BEIJING — China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea , days after photos emerged of Chinese coast guard officers displaying a Chinese flag ...

The Philippine flag is now flying over Philippine Rise as the country’s assertion of sovereignty, on the eighth anniversary of its renaming yesterday.

Philippine Marines, National Police officers and Coast ... Cay—known to China as Tiexian Reef—and displayed a Chinese flag in an assertion of Beijing’s “maritime control” and “sovereig ...

China and the Philippines each raised flags on Sandy Cay days apart, asserting rival claims. Analysts say Beijing aimed to show strength at home amid growing external pressure.

The Philippines, which disputes China's claim to the sandbank, responds by releasing a photo of its own forces on another.

It was posted on X with a video and photos, including one showing team members holding up the Philippine flag. The Chinese ... Cay in March of last year for marine research despite repeated ...