The Philippines will file a diplomatic protest against China if it is proven that there was “militarization” in the Kagitingan (Fiery Cross) Reef, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Monday. In a news briefing after ...

China has assured the Philippines it would not tolerate violations of Filipinos’ fishing rights at Panatag (Scarborough) Shoal and would apply the law against violators, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano said ...

The NDRRMC monitored 10 incidents upon the entry and exit of Domeng in the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Meanwhile, big waves along the West Philippines Sea have prevented fishermen in Bagac, Bataan from going out to ...

The Philippines wants to review provisions of its mutual defense treaty (MDT) with the United States, to expand the 1951 pact’s coverage to the nine islands occupied by Manila at the Kalayaan Island Group (Spratly Islands) ...

Despite a warning from the Chinese Navy, the United Staes will continue patrolling the South China Sea, (West Philippine Sea), a US Defense official said on Thursday. Randall Schriver, US defense assistant secretary for ...

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has objected to China’s transport of “nuclear elements” to the contested area at the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), as reported by the US defense and military establishment. “We ...

A Chinese military aircraft has landed on the last of three airstrips it had built at the disputed Spratly Islands, at a reef claimed by the Philippines that is close to an island occupied by Filipino troops. The Asia ...

Crew of a US Navy missile destroyer recently rescued two distressed Filipino fishermen, whose fishing boat suffered engine malfunction and who ran out of food in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea) early this week. ...

The West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) dispute is the top concern as regards the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, according to the Cabinet’s security cluster. The security cluster made the assessment as ...

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on Thursday said harassment by a Chinese aircraft of Philippine military forces aboard a rubber boat off Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal to resupply Marine troops based there was only an ...