The ship was stuck in shallows for three hours just a mile from the Philippine-held Thitu Island, according to that Manila's ...

Amid growing tensions in the South China Sea, Filipino civilians and soldiers on Thitu Island - known locally as Pag-asa - ...

China deepened its strategic footprint by reasserting territorial claims along the China-India border, backing Pakistan ...

THE Philippines on Thursday said that it “rejects and refutes” China’s recent remarks claiming it has “indisputable sovereignty” over Spratly Islands, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

Foreign ministry spokesperson Teresita Daza says, 'We urge China to respect the Philippines' sovereignty and jurisdiction, even as we continue to pursue peaceful and legal means to manage differences ...

It unfortunately did not include Sandy Cay as among 40 Filipino-claimed or occupied features. Case law holds that general reference “to the islands” with no specific identification fails as proof of ...

The May 21st water cannon attack by a China Coast Guard ship against Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessels near Sandy Cay represents a dangerous escalation and ...

Sandy Cay is part of the disputed Spratly Islands, also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan. The incident adds fuel to the ongoing maritime conflict and challenges a 2016 arbitration ruling. # ...

China’s coastguard says Philippine vessel ‘dangerously’ approached its ship, resulting in a collision. The Philippines ...

beyond the Spratly Islands, amid recent contentions from Vietnam and China over Sandy Cay, a string of sandbars near Pag-asa Island within its 22-kilometer territorial sea. Over the weekend, Hanoi ...

Manila and Beijing traded barbs last week over Sandy Cay, a group of small sandbanks in the waterway’s Spratly Islands, after a Chinese state media report suggested the area had been seized.