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 Philippine coast guard remains unwavering in ... "PRC [the People's Republic of China] has become a major external security threat to the Philippines. The only difference is that Manila ...

Teodoro told The Associated Press in an interview that China’s increasing aggression in the disputed waters was now considered the greatest threat ... and Philippine coast guard and navy forces ...

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

Seawoman Second Class Stephane Villalon's voice reverberated on the bridge of her Philippine ... a much larger Chinese Coast Guard vessel in a disputed area of the South China Sea.

BRP SIERRA MADRE, a marooned transport ship which Philippine Marines live in as a military outpost, sits on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. — ...

Beijing accused the Philippines on Friday of "illegally" sending three aircraft into airspace over the disputed South China Sea, adding to long-standing territorial tensions between the two countries.

BRP SIERRA MADRE, a marooned transport ship which Philippine Marines live in as a military outpost, sits on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. — ...