Philippine forces practised retaking an island in the South China Sea Wednesday in the first such combat exercise in the disputed waters as Chinese navy ships kept watch from a distance ...

MANILA – Twenty-nine China Coast Guard ... passing through the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in October. Philippine Navy spokesperson for the WPS Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad told the media there ...

Philippine President Marcos passed two maritime laws last week in a move that Manila says will strengthen its sovereignty ...

BRP SIERRA MADRE, a marooned transport ship which Philippine Marines live in as a military outpost, sits on the disputed Second Thomas Shoal, part of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea ... the ...

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine ... grounds. China refused to participate in that arbitration, rejected the ruling and continues to defy it. Its massive coast guard, navy, air force and ...

China is relatively new to replenishment ships and tends to build new vessels. The US Navy has 100 years of experience and ...

The Navy hopes to have 20 of the vessels in total, supplemented by 13 yet-to-be-designed light replenishment oilers. China's replenishment ships Its first replenishment ships could only carry ...

The National Maritime Council said yesterday it objected to China ... Philippine waters and the country’s EEZ last month. Of the vessels monitored, 11,097 were foreign ships, including 15 Chinese ...

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed two laws reaffirming the extent of his country’s maritime territories ...

China. With the largest navy in the world, its lack of overseas military bases only makes the need for this capability greater. But replenishment ships also form the weakest link in the chain of ...