MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines deployed fighter jets alongside naval vessels to the West Philippine Sea on Tuesday, April 29, in a joint maritime exercise with troops from the United ...

A year after the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague defined the Philippines’ maritime economic entitlements and sovereign rights and invalidated Beijing’s greedy claim over nearly the ...

Philippine authorities on Monday raised the country's flag on Sandy Cay, debunking China’s claims that it had seized the area. “This operation affirms the Philippines’ sovereignty over the cays ...

THE CHINESE coastguard has seized control of a reef near a Philippine military base, threatening to inflame tensions in the disputed region. Four Chinese coastguard officials dressed in black were ...

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The Philippine military on Sunday hit back at China by planting a flag at the disputed Sandy Cay reef days after Beijing had conducted a similar operation, the Philippine News Agency reported.

A view shows a bouquet of flowers with a Philippines flag on it, that was left by a Filipino woman near the scene of the Filipino community Lapu Lapu Day block party, the morning after a vehicle was ...

An image posted by Philippines Coast Guard spokesperson, Jay Tarriela, on X showed five officers holding the national flag on a white sandbar. In a statement late on Sunday night, a spokesperson ...

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Philippine officials told the Financial Times that Chinese personnel appeared to leave the reef after planting the flag. There was no indication that China had established a permanent presence or ...

Photos published by Chinese media show members of the coastguard planting the national flag on Sandy Cay, known in China as Tiexian Reef. The small sandbank lies close to Thitu Island, also known as ...

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