The laws bolster Manila's maritime claims amid tensions with Beijing in the South China Sea. Read more at straitstimes.com.

There is no reason for China to protest the Philippines’ Maritime Zones Act because it only reaffirms the country’s maritime ...

China's army will showcase some of its latest combat aircraft, including a new fighter jet and a large drone ship known as ...

China's marking of its territorial line around Scarborough Shoal was "lawful and reasonable" and could help it to take "more targeted" countermeasures against rival claimant the Philippines, Chinese ...

Beijing announced the new baselines just days after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signed into law the "birth certificate of the West Philippine Sea" ...

Beijing and Manila find themselves in renewed conflict over the South China Sea, with China rejecting recent Philippine ...

It took control of Huangyan Dao, the Chinese name for Scarborough Shoal, in 2012 — a strategic feature in the South China Sea closest to the Philippines. Beijing has brushed aside an international ...

The Chinese government reaffirms its opposition to the Philippines' new maritime law as it delimits and declares Beijing's ...

China has established a baseline around the disputed Scarborough Shoal (known in China as Huangyan Dao) in the South China ...

The state weather bureau says Typhoon Nika made landfall over Aurora and is now traversing Northern Luzon. Four officials from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) who skipped the hearings of the ...

China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that's ...