The tiny sandbank, part of the Spratly Islands, lies near Thitu Island, also called Pag-asa and the site of a Philippine military facility. CCTV said the coast guard landed on Sandy Cay to "exercise ...

SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES >> A unit of Hawaii Marines is in the Philippines fielding new weapons for the first time amid ...

General Ronald Clark said the US stood “shoulder to shoulder” with Manila amid its territorial dispute with Beijing. Read ...

State media reports CCG officers ‘exercising maritime control’ on one of the reefs in the Spratly Islands also claimed by ...

The 200 sq metre Tiexian Reef forms part of the Spratly Islands and is located near Thitu Island, which hosts a Philippines military facility that Manila reportedly uses to track Chinese movements ...

It has built up a large military presence in the Spratlys, setting up a military base on reclaimed land around Subi Reef, which is near Thitu Island, the Philippines’ most important military ...

Vietnam on Saturday protested claims by China and the Philippines over a disputed reef in the South China Sea which it ...

The small sandbank lies close to Thitu Island, also known as Pag-asa Island, where Philippine forces have maintained a long-standing outpost. The Global Times newspaper, an English-language outlet ...

Manila’s largest South China Sea possession, Thitu Island, also known by the Philippines as Pagasa, lies only a few nautical miles east of Sandy Cay. The inter-agency maritime operation deployed ...

The Philippines on Monday, April 28, 2025, rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays by both ...

Retired SC Justice Antonio Carpio urged President Marcos to authorize the filing of a new arbitration case over the Sandy Cay issue.

The Philippines today slammed an “irresponsible” Chinese state media report claiming a disputed reef in the South China Sea was under Beijing’s control, saying the status quo was unchanged.