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

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

In 1999, the Philippines purposely grounded the Sierra Madre at the Second Thomas Shoal. The secretary of defense at the time, Orlando Sanchez Mercado, claimed it was in reaction to China's ...

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

MANILA, Philippines — On a day meant to honor Filipino soldiers' courage, Philippine troops carried out an undisturbed resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal (Second Thomas ...

An analysis of the Philippines’ recent resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal suggests that the understanding can, in fact, satisfy both sides’ red lines. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says that he is ...

BRP SIERRA MADRE, a marooned transport ship which Philippine Marines live in as a military outpost, sits on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. — ...

The relatively peaceful Rore was due to the successful Bilateral Consultation Mechanism (BCM) between Manila and Beijing.

The BRP Sierra Madre, a warship grounded on a shoal in ... come within five meters of the Philippine outpost at Second Thomas Shoal.

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 ...