Former president Rodrigo Duterte cried out illegal detention at Villamor Airbase after he was served an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

An American Task Force named after the Philippine designation for the shoal, Ayungin, was made public ... Joint Force lethality and survivability inside denied and contested areas,” stated ...

Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo made a splash at the Munich Security Conference when he called Beijing out for its deployment of vessels in Ayungin (Second Thomas Shoal). And in the ...

Routine missions to Ayungin Shoal, also known as Second Thomas Shoal, were not always as incident-free as they have been in recent months. The shoal is a flashpoint for tensions between the ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines completed another rotation and reprovisioning (RORE) mission to the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal on Tuesday, according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines ...

Col. Xerxes Trinidad, AFP public affairs office chief, said Chinese ships were tracking and monitoring the small group of Philippine vessels on their way to Ayungin Shoal. “Despite the presence ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Tuesday completed a resupply mission for personnel of the BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal without incident. AFP Public Affairs ...

The Philippines has not yet responded to the claims. The reef, known in China as Renai Reef and Ayungin Shoal in the Philippines, lies about 200km (120 miles) from the Philippine island of Palawan ...

Of the 260, three were People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) warships, while 16 were China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels monitored around Ayungin (Second Thomas) Shoal, where the Sierra Madre is ...