Gov’t execs, lawmakers slam Chinese disinformation on WPS The Philippines remains in control of Sandy Cay, which is near Pag-asa Island where Filipino ...

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Thursday rebuked and rejected anew China’s claims over the Spratlys, including the ...

China has also built artificial islands in the region and equipped them with runways, ports, and missile systems. Sandy Cay is also crucial because its categorisation as rock could give the nation ...

China and the Philippines have clashed over Sandy Cay in the South China Sea as the ... had “illegally landed” on the reef in the contested Spratly Islands, known as the Nansha Islands in ...

It didn't specify what those steps entailed. The Sandy Cay reef lies near Thitu Island, or Pag-asa, where the Philippines stations troops and maintains a coast guard monitoring base.

The rival photo opportunities unfolded on Sandy Cay, a string of three uninhabited sandbars which lie near a Philippine military outpost in the disputed Spratly Islands. The release of the images ...

Hours later, Beijing called the act an “illegal boarding,” saying it had “indisputable sovereignty” over the Spratly Islands, a chain of dozens of slivers of land, including Sandy Cay ...