THITU ISLAND, South China Sea, Feb 23 (Reuters) - As the Philippine Coast Guard plane descended toward the country's most strategically important outpost in the disputed South China Sea, passengers' ...

Confrontation, militarisation and US–China rivalry made for choppy waters in the South China Sea in 2025, complicating prospects for an ASEAN–China Code of Conduct.

China's military activities and deployments in the South China Sea are often framed as part of its growing power projection capability, potentially a launch pad for its ambitions in the wider ...

Filipino leaders from Kalayaan and Chinese embassy officials in Manila have clashed over entry bans for personnel on either side.

A delegation of Philippine lawmakers and government officials, including Senator Rosa Hontiveros and Jay Tarriela, spokesperson for the Philippine Coast Guard, became outraged when their mobile phones ...

The continuing controversy stirred by Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s statements on the West Philippine Sea (WPS) has compelled the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (Namria) to issue a ...

MANILA, Philippines — It’s exactly 10 years since the Philippines’ landmark unanimous 2016 win against China over the West ...

Military attaches and security analysts scrutinizing the operations say the flights represent a step-change in China's grey-zone tactics in the contested South China Sea.

Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Tuesday questioned whether the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is teaching what he described as a “distorted” ...

Many years ago, I advised teachers in a seminar to add map reading in their Araling Panlipunan classes because many Gen Z cannot point out Cebu or Sulu on a map without consulting Google. Worse, some ...

Although the border question has been largely solved, the dynamics of interaction along it have continued to evolve to this day. Today, China has assumed the role of both an investor and a source of ...

Expert on Manila-Beijing’s sea row, Carpio aims to prove the legality of the West Philippine Sea. Marcoleta claims that WPS doesn’t exist for having no coordinates. WPS legally includes Kalayaan ...