Few days after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Philippines, Washington cleared the sale of 20 F-16s to the country. The U.S. State Department has approved the Foreign Military Sale ...

BEIJING — China's coast guard said on Thursday it had allowed a Philippine civilian vessel to deliver provisions to a warship ...

Sierra Madre’s famous plant is on private property, but people get one time a year to see and smell its sweet fragrance. The ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday said it completed a rotation and resupply (RORE) mission to BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal without any untoward incident. “The RORE was ...

Crowds gathered in Sierra Madre on Saturday, April 12, to see a 130-year-old botanical marvel, and take part in a tradition: The city’s annual Wistaria Festival. The festival, which in the city ...

A Philippine Air Force Sokol helicopter hovers above BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57) at Second Thomas Shoal. Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilbert Teodoro on Monday laid out Manila’s plans ...

Philippines — Social media had been abuzz since Monday as netizens noticed that “West Philippine Sea” (WPS) was appearing prominently on Google Maps to mark the stretch of water west of the Philippine ...

MANILA, (PIA) — Google has increased the visibility of the label “West Philippine Sea” on its Maps platform, a change that has been warmly welcomed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), ...

has been properly labeled as “West Philippine Sea” on Google Maps. A quick inspection of Google Maps as of Monday, April 14, would indicate that the digital mapping navigation platform used the West ...

“The West Philippine Sea has always been labeled on Google Maps. We recently made this label easier to see at additional zoom levels,” the spokesperson said. It is unclear where the West ...

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. The Philippine government's preferred ...

Philippine armed forces welcomed the inclusion of West Philippine Sea' on Google Maps Manila: A Google Maps scan on Monday of the body of water directly west of the Philippines now shows a name ...