Getting to the Second Thomas Shoal took months of negotiations ... Their first approach was blocked by Chinese coast guard ships. By late afternoon on our first day there, three more Chinese ...

Increasingly more Chinese coast guard ships are patrolling Second Thomas Shoal, First Thomas Shoal, and Half Moon Shoal, all within the Filipino EEZ or Exclusive Economic Zone, waters 380 kilometers ...

He was referencing real-time ship tracking data that showed Chinese ships nearly crowding the shoal and reef. Both Mischief Reef and Second Thomas Shoal ... and—in a first for the event ...

China's coast guard said on Thursday it had allowed a Philippine civilian vessel to deliver provisions to a warship "illegally grounded" at the Second Thomas Shoal, a disputed atoll in the South ...

Sabina is near the Second Thomas Shoal, another flashpoint where China has hampered the Philippine delivery of supplies for Filipino forces aboard a long-grounded navy ship, the BRP Sierra Madre.

While skirmishes between Chinese and Philippine ships have been increasing across the South China Sea, Monday’s incident marks the first time ... on the Second Thomas Shoal to stake its claim ...

It was the first Philippine government supply trip to the Second Thomas Shoal ... like in the past to demand that each other's ships leave the shoal immediately. Also, for the first time at ...

THE THOMAS POINT SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE TURNS 150 YEARS OLD THIS ... HE WENT PARASAILING. HE SAW BIG SHIPS. NATASHA IS A LIGHTHOUSE VOLUNTEER, AND SO 100% OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE BOOK AND A NEW COLORING ...

Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse dates back to 1824 when Congress appropriated $6,500 for the construction of a 30-foot, land-based tower. It wasn't until November 1875 that the lighthouse was first ...