The Philippine Navy on Friday said it held drills near a disputed South China Sea shoal, where a large Chinese vessel was spotted patrolling.

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Navy said it did not monitor the presence of China's largest Coast Guard vessel in Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de Masinloc) in the South China Sea on New Year's Day.

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday night said it had sent its biggest ship — the 97-meter BRP Teresa Magbanua — to monitor Chinese vessels near the coast of Zambales province in the country’s ...

The spokesperson cited ship-tracking data that showed three other Chinese coast guard cutters were operating near Scarborough Shoal—known in the Philippines as Bajo De Masinloc and in China as ...

Philippine Navy Holds Exercise Near Disputed Shoal Amid Standoff With China MANILA (Reuters ... The exercise around the Scarborough shoal, one of Asia's most hotly contested areas, was aimed ...

China has defended its coastguard patrols in the disputed South China Sea, responding to a protest from the Philippines over what it called the Chinese force’s “continued illegal presence and ...

Credit: AP/Joeal Calupitan China surrounded Scarborough Shoal with its coast guard and other ships after a tense territorial standoff with the Philippines in 2012. The Philippines responded by ...

MANILA: The Philippines accused China on Tuesday (Jan 14 ... he said was deployed to intimidate its fishermen around Scarborough Shoal. "We were surprised about the increasing aggression being ...

The Chinese coast guard and navy’s harassment of the Philippine vessels took place on Friday near Sandy Cay, three small ...

Bajo de Masinloc is the Philippine name for Scarborough Shoal, a contested maritime feature known in China as Huangyan Island. It is a triangular coral reef formation surrounding a lagoon ...

The move comes against the backdrop of rising tension between the Philippines, a U.S. treaty ally, and Beijing during the past two years, stemming from their overlapping claims in the busy ...