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

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 ...

mission to BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal without any untoward incident. “The RORE was carried out in close coordination with the Philippine Coast Guard and concluded without any untoward incident, ...

The BRP Sierra ... Madre who continue to stand guard in the West Philippine Sea to uphold our sovereignty, sovereign rights and national interest,” the AFP said in a statement. “The Rore was carried ...

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

Joining the Philippine and U.S. Marines are a myriad of locally-based Philippine Army, National Police, Coast Guard ... a resupply mission to BRP Sierra Madre (LT-57) in 2023.

The scenario centered on a contingency involving a crisis at Second Thomas Shoal, a reef that is occupied by approximately a dozen Philippine marines deployed on the BRP Sierra Madre ... vessel and a ...

In fact, persistent clashes have been reported between Chinese and Philippines coast guard ships, when the latter runs supplies to the grounded Sierra Madre ship, now functioning as an outpost.

A Philippine flag flutters from BRP Sierra Madre ... in the South China Sea March 29, 2014. (Reuters/Erik De Castro/File Photo) BEIJING — China’s coast guard said on Thursday it had allowed a ...

The PCG has been conducting hourly radio challenges to the Chinese Coast Guard to signal that the Philippines does not recognize China's claims to the area. "We have to do this in order for the ...

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 ...