The standoff over Sandy Cay, which lies close to military outposts built by both Beijing and Manila, was the latest between ...

Both countries have planted flags on a collection of sand bars, extending the clash over the area between Beijing and Manila, ...

National Security Council Assistant Director General Jonathan Malaya on Monday pressed the Chinese Embassy in Manila to fully ...

China and the Philippines on Monday defended their claims to a disputed reef in the South China Sea, after Manila accused ...

China holds indisputable sovereignty over the Nansha Islands, including Tiexian Reef, and the adjacent waters, and the China ...

China and the Philippines have each unfurled their national flags on tiny sandbars in the South China Sea, staking competing ...

There is no Chinese presence on Sandy Cay, says Manila's security council spokesman. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Philippine officials say a mission visited Sandy Cay Reef in disputed South China Sea and unfurled the national flag.

Sandy Cay lies just a few nautical miles from Thitu Island, the largest Philippine military outpost in the Spratly Islands.

The Philippine team, using four motorised rubber boats, disembarked at Pag-asa Cay 1, Cay 2 and Cay 3 before sunrise. Their ...

The Philippines has accused China of falsely claiming it had taken control of a sandbank near Pag-asa Island in the South ...

MANILA -- Manila on Monday rejected Beijing's claim that it had seized control of Sandy Cay, a sandbar in the Philippines' territorial waters as "lies and misinformation", in what threatens to become ...