The recently signed Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (Sovfa) between the Philippines and New Zealand would strengthen both ...

Senator Christopher “Bong” Go reaffirmed the importance of standing firm in protecting the country’s sovereign rights over Sandy Cay and other features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), emphasizing ...

The Philippine military responded to the landing of Chinese forces on Sandy Cay reef by carrying out a similar operation, ...

Earlier, China state broadcaster CCTV claimed the China Coast Guard had “implemented maritime control and exercised sovereign jurisdiction” in early April. The state-run CCTV also posted ...

The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested ...

BEIJING -- China says six Filipinos landed on a tiny outcropping that both countries claim in the South China Sea, days after photos emerged of Chinese coast guard officers displaying a Chinese flag ...

Philippine Marines, National Police officers and Coast Guard members landed on three contested South China Sea features today ...

China's coast guard says it has taken control of a contested sandbank in the South China Sea, which it claims was 'illegally boarded' earlier by six Filipinos. Beijing and the Philippines have ...

Under authoritarian President Xi Jinping, Beijing has continued to expand its reach into the South China Sea - strategically ...

The China Coast Guard (CCG) spokesperson Liu Dejun said on Sunday that six Philippine personnel illegally boarded Tiexian Jiao in the South China Sea despite Chinese side's warnings and dissuasion.

The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S.