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 ...

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

Despite China’s persistent refusal to recognize or honor it, the 2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea now forms part of ...

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 ...

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

Nine years ago today, Filipinos erupted in jubilation after the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague not only defined ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...