Tag: South China Sea

China deploys boats to patrol the busy South China Sea and has built artificial islands that it has militarised to reinforce its claims

Beijing insisted its coast guard behaved in a "professional and restrained" way and blamed Manila for the clash.

Manila and Beijing have recently exchanged accusations of escalating tensions in disputed shoals and reefs in the South China Sea

Marcos echoed his senior security aides' assessment that the June 17 clash next to the grounded warship did not constitute an armed attack

The confrontation is fuelling growing concern that the dispute could drag in the United States, which has a mutual defence pact with Manila

Stella Maris rescued 16 desperate fishermen in Mombasa. Unscrupulous shipowners had left them famished and penniless

Japan will loan the Philippines 64.38 billion yen ($413 million) to buy the five 97-meter Multi-Role Response Vessels

The convoy set sail Wednesday to distribute fuel and food to fishers and assert Philippine rights in the disputed South China Sea

That’s the same amount the Philippines loses per hectare per year due to China’s criminality. Manila can sue Beijing for damages

Marcos said Monday that the Philippines would continue responding to South China Sea incidents through diplomatic means