US and Philippine forces are to conduct their first “full battle test” for fighting together in flashpoints such as Taiwan or ...

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

March 31, 2025: During January 2025 Chinese and Filipino coast guard ships collided ships in the South China Sea near Second Thomas Shoal. Four Filipino crewmen were injured. China also employed 40 ...

China's coast guard monitored a Philippine vessel delivering supplies to a grounded warship at Second Thomas Shoal, urging ...

Recent incidents in the South China Sea have increased ... the Philippines has actively resisted China’s strategic advances into its exclusive economic zone, shoring up its crumbling outpost at Second ...

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 ...

BEIJING: China's coast guard said on Wednesday (Apr 9) it had allowed a Philippine civilian vessel to deliver provisions to a ...

On a day meant to honor Filipino soldiers' courage, Philippine troops carried out an undisturbed resupply mission to the BRP ...

and Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. In June, Chinese coast guards armed with swords and knives attacked Philippine vessels off the coast of Second Thomas Shoal, resulting in injuries ...