The area is a major shipping and trading route where, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, $3 trillion, or more than a fifth, of the world's trade passes through. The ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine defense chief on Monday called China's expansive claims in the South China Sea “the ...

In her speech, Loyzaga said the DENR move follows the Biodiversity Conservation and Carbon Sequestration in the West Philippine Sea Project in Pag-asa Island ... coming forward to solve this ...

The Philippines and China have repeatedly clashed in the South China Sea, one of the world’s busiest ... based on a 1940s map, which a United Nations-backed arbitration court voided in 2016 for being ...

America’s comparative advantage in advancing its interests is through the strengthening of its alliances and partnerships in ...

Based on a book written by former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, before World War II ... Carpio’s book, “The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and ...

Newsweek's weekly update maps the locations of 11 aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific region as of March 28.

“Friends need to stand shoulder to shoulder to deter conflict, to ensure that there is free navigation whether you call it the South China Sea or the West Philippine Sea,” he told Marco ...

“Deterrence is necessary around the world but specifically in this ... navigation whether you call it the South China Sea or the West Philippine Sea.” "Peace through strength is a very real ...