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

THE PHILIPPINE military on Wednesday said it had completed a routine resupply mission to its marooned naval ship at Second Thomas Shoal, a hotly contested maritime feature in the South China Sea where ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday night said it has successfully conducted another incident-free ...

Just as the nation commemorated the 83rd anniversary of the Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) on Wednesday, April 9, the ...

“This is the direct cause of the incident,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson ... to defend the Philippines, a treaty ally. Second Thomas Shoal, part of the disputed Spratly Islands, has been ...

with the clash in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal stand-off being the most serious incident to date. Anxiety over the contested waters was most pronounced in the Philippines, one of the ...

In the latest incident last month ... its demand that Manila remove the BRP Sierra Madre from the Second Thomas Shoal, calling its presence a violation of China's sovereignty.

On his first official visit to Asia, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth underscored while in Tokyo the need for Japan to ...

It was not immediately clear if the Philippine resupply mission pushed through despite the incident ... a supply vessel from approaching Second Thomas Shoal in August, the coast guard said.