KEEPING a US missile system in the Philippines could deter Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, but could also fan regional tensions and increase the risk of confrontation at sea, political ...

The United States, Italy and Australia have completed four days of joint drills in the hotly contested South China Sea to ...

The grounded Philippine warship Sierra Madre marks Manila's territorial claim near the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in the ...

Philippine and US navies earlier this week engaged in discussions about future joint exercises and their shared commitment to ...

A proposal for US ships to escort the Philippines in its ... to our efforts to help modernise the Philippine military”. Manila has been embroiled in a series of clashes with China, with the ...

Samuel Paparo's remarks, which he made in response to a question during a news conference in Manila with Philippine ... military commanders outside the US mainland on a prospective operation that ...

On August 29, 2024, a spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines gave a stern response to the Japanese ambassador ...

Taking up an offer from the US to escort its resupply missions is one of the Philippines’ potential ‘contingency plans’, ...

Chinese coastguard, navy and suspected militia ships regularly ... after an international military conference in Manila organised by the US Indo-Pacific Command. Military and defence officials ...

The number of Chinese ships continues to rise in Philippine water features in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), a Philippine ...

Decades of continuous sea blindness, increasingly isolationist tendencies, and post-Cold War budget cuts have left the U.S.

With the increasing Chinese presence at Escoda (Sabina) Shoal blocking supply missions to Filipino troops stationed in the ...