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 ...

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

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

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

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

An incident involving Australia and China followed on February ... shoring up its crumbling outpost at Second Thomas Shoal, briefly staking out a new position at Sabina Shoal, and employing “assertive ...

“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 ...

In one incident, a patrol aircraft of the Bureau ... Philippines in July that aimed to reduce tensions over the Second Thomas Shoal, another reef in the Spratly Islands. China claims sovereignty ...