Navy personnel who completed a two-month deployment to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal were treated to their ...

As the country commemorates the 83rd Araw ng Kagitingan on Wednesday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced ...

when Chinese ships frequently blocked or harassed Philippine vessels in the area. Ayungin Shoal, internationally known as Second Thomas Shoal, is a submerged reef in the West Philippine Sea where ...

“Only the Philippine Navy and other Philippine-flagged law enforcement ships have the authority ... for a Philippine resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal. The task force emphasized that Manila ...

The first of the country’s two corvette-class warships, the BRP Miguel Malvar, will soon patrol the West Philippine Sea and northern Luzon.

China’s military said late Sunday that a Philippine naval vessel had “illegally entered” the claimed territorial waters of Scarborough Shoal, a key flash point in the disputed South China Sea.

THE Philippines did not seek permission from China to carry out the March 4 rotation and resupply (Rore) mission for the contingent manning BRP Sierra Madre (LS-57) beached at the Ayungin Shoal ...

A total of 40 Chinese vessels were spotted in the West Philippine ... Ayungin Shoal or Second Thomas Shoal Seven PLAN and five CCG vessels in Escoda Shoal or Sabina Shoal Trinidad said the Philippine ...

China and the Philippines accused each other on Tuesday of provocative actions near the contested Scarborough Shoal, after a tense ... of China’s personnel and ships. Our operation was ...

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 ...

A handful of Filipino marines are stationed on the BRP Sierra Madre, a World War II-era warship that Manila grounded at the shoal in 1999 to assert its sovereignty. Philippine forces conduct resupply ...

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 ...