Washington and Manila support regional and global security by increasing readiness and strengthening deterrence, the U.S.

Ongoing Disputes in the South China Sea. The confrontation over Scarborough Shoal is part of a larger territorial dispute in the South China Sea.

Beijing ‘must be prepared to respond’, and it might be headed for confrontation with Vietnam over land reclamation, analyst ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claims.

The Chinese military vowed to safeguard the country's national sovereignty and security in the South China Sea.

As the Philippines commemorates its 2016 victory in the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the DFA said the ruling has since ...

China’s navy has conducted “combat readiness patrols” near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, while South Korean officials separately announced the discovery of more ...

China has denied any war act in those incidents, calling them standard operating procedure for enforcing China’s maritime laws; serious physical harm on Filipino personnel and damage to Filipino ...

Scarborough Shoal has reemerged as the focal point of tensions between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea, according to a report released Monday by the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative.

By Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, Reporter NEARLY 50 Chinese navy and coast guard ships were monitored at contested features in the South China Sea in June, the Philippine military said on Tuesday, in ...

With our next-door neighbor China constantly reminding us that it does not recognize the 2016 Arbitral Award of the Permanent ...

MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Risa Hontiveros officially joined the “West Philippine Sea bloc” of lawmakers in the 20th Congress ...