Referring to China as 'our common enemy', General Romeo S Brawner, chief of staff, armed forces of the Philippines, on March ...

March 31, 2025: During January 2025 Chinese and Filipino coast guard ships collided ships in the South China Sea near Second Thomas Shoal. Four Filipino crewmen were injured. China also employed 40 ...

Second Thomas Shoal, and Thitu Island. The first two are key to China’s efforts to block Southeast Asian oil and gas activity. Chinese law enforcement vessels have lingered at Luconia Shoals since ...

Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro on Monday laid out Manila’s plans to deter Chinese efforts in the ...

Philippine Coast Guard personnel documents a Chinese Coast Guard vessel shadowing the Philippine's resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea 32,420 people played the daily ...

the country's main island, and nearly 700 miles from China's southernmost province, Hainan. A Chinese coast guard vessel is photographed near Scarborough Shoal, a disputed fishing ground in the ...

China’s coast guard said. The coast guard said a Philippine supply ship entered waters near the Second Thomas Shoal, a submerged reef in the Spratly Islands that’s part of territory claimed by ...

The Philippines is considering converting two strategically located islands ... Shoal],” the defence department said on Thursday, using Manila’s term for the region of the South China Sea ...

The PCG on Wednesday deployed an aircraft to challenge the unauthorized presence of a Chinese research ship inside the country’s EEZ.

The proposed acquisition of F-16 fighters would bolster Manila’s ability to defend its own assets in disputed parts of the ...