Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. yesterday said the Philippines acknowledges "freedom of navigation flights" conducted by Australia, which he said supports the call of member-countries of the Association of ...

The country will purchase maritime research vessels so it can better assess the resources which can be explored in the undisputed Philippine Rise. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said this was the consensus reached by ...

China yesterday accused the Philippines of spreading misinformation and “creating the illusion of the victim” in their dispute over the South China Sea after Manila aired a three-part documentary defending its position. ...

When asked what the next President should do with Philippines' dispute with China over parts of the South China, former Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said against China in United Nations Permanent Court of Arbitration ...

Manila got a boost in its stance on the South China Sea after Italy said claimants must respect the rule of law, while saying that it is vital to exert efforts towards de-radicalization in the campaign against global ...

Washington-based think tank Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) yesterday said the Philippines is not just building a beaching ramp but is also reclaiming land at the Pag-asa Island in the West Philippine Sea. In ...

President Duterte yesterday assured the United States that the Philippines would neither negotiate nor trade its territorial rights with China. Connecticut Senator Christopher Murphy, in his Twitter account (@ChrisMurphyCT), ...

The Philippines is not exactly helpless if the United Nations Arbitral Court decides in favor of the Philippines in its case against China’s nine-dash line map and its transforming into islands, rocks in the Spratlys that ...

A Chinese ship reportedly fired a warning shot to scare away a fishing boat near a Chinese-occupied reef in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) last week, a fishing boat operator disclosed yesterday. In a phone ...

Defense spokesman Peter Paul Galvez yesterday called for more international pressure to stop China's reclamation and stop construction works in the South China Sea as the Asian power rolled out more details on what it is ...