Dozens of Chinese paramilitary and coast guard ships have flooded into contested waters in the South China Sea this week as ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

internationally known as Second Thomas Shoal, is a submerged reef in the West Philippine Sea where the BRP Sierra Madre, a World War II-era ship, was deliberately grounded in 1999. The vessel ...

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 ...

But this was the first time Philippine officials ... supplies to the Filipino forces at Second Thomas Shoal. Two Philippine coast guard ships escorting the supply boats, however, were prevented ...

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 ...

On December 4, Chinese ships, including a navy vessel ... previously focused on Second Thomas Shoal, is moving to other parts of the Spratly Islands. Over the weekend, Manila accused Beijing ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - 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 ...