MANILA: The Philippines has deployed a coast guard vessel and an aircraft to challenge and escort a Chinese research ship it ...

MANILA, Philippines — With its tactic of intimidation drawing outrage and unsuccessful in stopping Philippine resupply missions for troops on the BRP Sierra ... the China coast guard (CCG ...

“The China Coast Guard took professional and restrained ... The Philippines in 1999 beached the Sierra Madre on the shoal and has since populated it with a contingent of marines to create ...

On a day meant to honor Filipino soldiers' courage, Philippine troops carried out an undisturbed resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas) — the seventh straight ...

Click to enlarge Chinese coast guard ships loom on the horizon just beyond the shoal, which is part of the Spratly Islands -- territory claimed by both the Philippines and China. The Sierra Madre ...

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and current President Marcos Jr’s differing South China Sea strategies reveal the ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines  has again managed to deliver food and other supplies to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal.

Seventh trouble-free mission to disputed Second Thomas Shoal could be due to the July 2024 arrangement between both sides, analysts note.

MANILA--A Chinese coast guard ... the BRP Sierra Madre, the task force said. It was the latest flare-up in long-simmering territorial disputes in the South China Sea, one of the world’s busiest ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...