THE Chinese Coast Guard on Wednesday said it monitored a Philippine civilian boat delivering supplies to an “illegally grounded” warship at the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea on ...

While foreign ships are allowed to pass through EEZs under freedom of navigation rules, the Philippines has protested China's maritime forces for unlawfully asserting jurisdiction as well as ...

Since early January, China's coast guard has been deploying ships to an area west of Zambales province in a show of force. These waters are closer to a major Philippine island than the reefs that ...

The Philippines-U.S. alliance has a new opportunity to be strengthened and the focus this time should be contributing to ...

China’s annexation of Taiwan will all the more threaten the Philippines. Only 97 kilometers, or 52.4 miles, separate Batanes ...

China appears to be conducting amphibious landing exercises with specially built ships at a beach in the South China Sea, the ...

The U.S. has said it's obligated to defend the Philippines — its oldest treaty ally in Asia — if Filipino forces, ships or aircraft come under armed attack, including in the South China Sea.

Officials in the Philippines say that President Trump will not pull back from defense commitments because Manila and ...

China deployed its naval force around Scarborough after a tense standoff with Philippine ships in 2012. The following year, the Philippines brought its disputes with China to international ...

Nineteen ships belonging to the China Coast Guard (CCG) and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy were among 260 assorted ...

In the middle of the night, a CBS News crew onboard the Cape Engaño woke to the sound of alarms. The Philippine sailors ...

A Philippine flutters on BRP Sierra Madre, a dilapidated Philippine Navy ship that has been aground since 1999, on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands, in the South China Sea ...