The Philippine Coast Guard says a Chinese Coast Guard vessel "dangerously blocked" a Philippine ship near Scarborough Shoal in the West Philippine Sea.

The Philippine Coast Guard said it monitored and challenged a Chinese research vessel off Batanes on Tuesday. The PCG said it detected the Chinese ship some 78.21 nautical miles northeast of Itbayat, ...

A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name once invisible to most users—the West Philippine Sea.

West Philippine Sea has been incorporated by Google Maps into its digital mapping platform. A quick search would show the ...

West Philippine Sea and South China Sea are not the same. West Philippine Sea refers to waters inside the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone (EEZ) which, by international law, are waters up to 200 ...

The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan has described a Chinese ... vessels are interrupting Trans-Tasman flights, they’re circumnavigating Australia,” he told Sky News Australia.

Freedom of navigation in the region is also a contentious issue, especially between the United States and China over the right of U.S. military vessels ... China Sea as the West Philippine Sea ...

The vessel is also following a similar route to the one taken by the Chinese warships last month, after it conducted live-fire exercises off the coast of the Tasman Sea. It's raised calls for ...