Philippine defense officials launched the first in a new class of offshore patrol vessels in South Korea this week. Named for ...

BEIJING -- A Chinese defense spokesman on Thursday issued a stern warning to the Philippines against offending China's core interest in any form ... as the Philippine Navy spokesperson's claim ...

Two Chinese Navy frigates and a China Coast Guard cutter harassed a Philippine Navy patrol ship in the South China Sea near Scarborough Shoal on Monday in what Manila described as “aggressive ...

The Philippine Navy denied Monday China’s claim that it has occupied Sandy Cay, which it calls Tiexian Reef, in the South China Sea. Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, the Navy spokesperson for the ...

Three of the drones were recovered last year and the other two were found in 2022, all by local fishermen in areas the navy described as strategic chokepoints in the Philippines’ northern and ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy will soon expand its naval force units overseeing the West Philippine Sea (WPS) and waters near Taiwan to better defend the country’s interests amid China’s ...

US Navy USS Shoup (DDG86), left, and Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) frigate JS Noshiro manuever during the Philippines United States Japan Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity ...

Philippine Navy ship Jose Rizal leads maneuvers with U.S. Navy destroyer Shoup, center, and Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force frigate JS Noshiro, right, during joint drills in the South China ...

OVER THE SCARBOROUGH SHOAL, South China Sea (AP) — A Chinese navy helicopter flew within 10 feet (3 meters) of a Philippine patrol plane on Tuesday in a disputed area of the South China Sea ...

The Philippine navy said on Friday its ships were holding drills near a contested shoal in the South China Sea, a day after Manila and Beijing agreed to seek common ground and find ways to ...

according to the Philippine Navy. “For the month of November, almost 13,000 different vessels were monitored over the archipelago. Of these, 58 were Chinese maritime coast guard and PLA (People’s ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine military deployed a navy ship and air force planes to shadow a Russian submarine, which passed through the South China Sea off the country’s western ...