A dilapidated but still active Philippine Navy ship BRP Sierra Madre sits at the Second Thomas Shoal, locally known as Ayungin Shoal, at the disputed South China Sea on Aug. 22, 2023.
The Philippines demands that Chinese vessels leave the vicinity of Ayungin Shoal and the Philippine exclusive economic zone immediately." The Chinese Coast Guard has defended its actions ...
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) reported Wednesday it has peacefully carried out a new rotation and resupply (RORE) ...
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines carried out a resupply mission at Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on Tuesday without any Chinese interference, the military said on ...
MANILA: Chinese ships staged a rare “invasion” of Ayungin or Second Thomas Shoal in the West Philippine Sea in a “calculated show of force by Beijing,” after disrupting a Philippine ...
MANILA, Philippines — Resupply trip to Ayungin proceeds unhampered As Chinese ships watched from a distance, Philippine vessels completed a rotation and resupply (RORE) mission to the BRP Sierra ...
The two sides pledged this week to de-escalate the situation after a June 17 clash at a disputed shoal in the Spratly Islands. The country's top diplomat says that the country will pursue ...
Ayungin Shoal and Panatag Shoal are now among the major tension flashpoints in the West Philippine Sea. The BRP Sierra Madre was run aground in Ayungin Shoal to assert the country’s sovereign rights ...
THERE were relatively fewer Chinese ships off Ayungin Shoal during the rotation and resupply mission for the BRP Sierra Madre (LS-57) on January 24, a ranking Navy (PN) officer said on Tuesday.
M/V Lapu-Lapu docks alongside BRP Sierra Madre during the Rotation and Resupply (RORE) mission conducted by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), in close coordination with the Philippine Coast ...