Recently, the Philippines under President Rodrigo R. Duterte announced its plan to pursue "co-owner-ship" or, more accurately the joint exploration, of portions of the South China Sea (also known as WestPhilippine Sea) ...

A Japanese military patrol plane circled over disputed parts of the South China Sea on Tuesday at the start of an exercise with the Philippine military that has irked China. According to Japanese and Philippine officials, ...

Japan’s biggest warship, the Kaga helicopter carrier, joined naval drills with Britain’s HMS Argyll in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday as the frigate headed toward the contested South China Sea and East Asia. Britain, Japan ...

The government is committed to uphold the importance of freedom of navigation and overflight in the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said on Sunday, noting that construction of additional runways in the disputed waters will ...

The Philippines on Sunday welcomed reports that the G7 summit would express concern about unilateral efforts to assert sovereignty claims in the disputed South China Sea. Regional alarm is growing at moves by China ...

China will soon complete some of its land reclamation on the Spratly Islands in the disputed South China Sea, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, indicating that Beijing is close to setting up new outposts in the maritime ...

Remember our boyhood days when a bully would place a chip on his shoulder and dare anyone to knock it off? If someone did, the bully had to fight the challenger or else lose face. By building artificial islands on sunken ...

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) has initiated the procurement process for a 50-meter steel-hulled multi-mission ship for a contract price of P360 million. In a bid invitation published on Sunday, the ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Manila on Tuesday, ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s arrival in time for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit next week. Mr. Wang was met by his counterpart, ...

Philippine fishermen should ignore a Chinese rule requiring foreign fishing vessels to secure permission to enter much of the South China Sea, Defence Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said yesterday. The rule was passed in November ...