Chinese and Philippine forces came head-to-head at multiple maritime features throughout the South China Sea in the most ...

ABOARD BRP SINDANGAN ... to the BRP Sierra Madre, a navy warship that was deliberately grounded by the Philippine military in the late 1990s in the shallows of Second Thomas Shoal to serve ...

The Philippine navy transported food and other supplies to a territorial ship outpost in a shoal in the South ... and rusting warship, the BRP Sierra Madre. In the worst confrontation, Chinese ...

June 17 clash at Second Thomas Shoal, China’s grey-zone activities among Philippines’ challenges as it sought to boost ...

The year 2024 again saw rising tensions in the West Philippine Sea, highlighted by what could be the most violent ...

The two sides pledged this week to de-escalate the situation after a June 17 clash at a disputed shoal ... South China Sea. The BRP Sierra Madre, a warship grounded on a shoal in the Spratly ...

Second Thomas Shoal, part of the disputed Spratly Islands ... from the Philippine coast and where the BRP Sierra Madre, now encrusted with rust, was deliberately grounded in 1999 to create ...

The 2025 General Appropriations Act, signed on December 30, earmarked P1.65 billion for the "expansion" or "development" of ...

The South China Sea remains one of the world’s most volatile geopolitical hotspots, with escalating tensions and territorial ...

China’s largest coast guard ship continued to conduct an “intrusive patrol” of Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal in the West ...

The Philippine navy transported food and other supplies to a territorial ship outpost in a shoal in the South ... and rusting warship, the BRP Sierra Madre. In the worst confrontation, Chinese ...

The watershed moment in the dispute occurred ... to deliver supplies to BRP Sierra Madre, a crumbling Philippine warship grounded on Ayungin or Second Thomas Shoal that China calls Renai Jiao.