MANILA — The military on Wednesday said it encountered “no untoward incident” during a resupply mission for troops on board the Sierra Madre, a ship grounded on Ayungin Shoal to assert ...

As the country commemorates the 83rd Araw ng Kagitingan on Wednesday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) announced that it has successfully completed another routine troop rotation and resupply ...

the Philippines in 1999 deliberately ran aground a World War II-era landing ship on a half-submerged shoal, establishing the vessel as an outpost of the Philippine navy. The BRP Sierra Madre ...

Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte and current President Marcos Jr’s differing South China Sea strategies reveal the ...

which is part of the Spratly Islands -- territory claimed by both the Philippines and China. The Sierra Madre was built by the United States in 1944 to serve in the Pacific as a transport ship ...

THE Armed Forces (AFP) on Tuesday maintained that the Navy (PN)’s offshore patrol vessel, BRP Apolinario Mabini (PS-36), was exercising its mandate when it conducted a patrol in Bajo de Masinloc on ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday night said it has successfully conducted another incident-free rotation and resupply (RORE) mission for troops manning the BRP Sierra Madre ...

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday said it completed a rotation and resupply (RORE) mission to BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal without any untoward incident. “The RORE was ...