The exercise around the Scarborough shoal, one of Asia's most hotly contested areas, was aimed at enhancing the navy's capability to secure what it said were Philippine waters and the country's ...

A large Chinese coast guard ship patrolled hotly disputed Scarborough Shoal in recent days and then sailed toward the northwestern coast of the Philippines on Tuesday, coming as close as 77 ...

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 ...

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.

reiterated a call for Beijing to withdraw from Manila's waters the "monster ship" he said was deployed to intimidate its fishermen around Scarborough Shoal. "We were surprised about the increasing ...

The protest stems from the presence of two coast guard vessels on Jan. 5 and Jan. 10 in and around the disputed Scarborough shoal, one of which was a 165 m (541ft) long boat referred to by the ...