At the heart of this shift is the Philippines, which faces persistent Chinese incursions into its exclusive economic zone ...

During my recent visit to the Netherlands, Philippine Ambassador Eduardo J. Malaya took me to see the literally palatial International Court of Justice in The Hague. We did not enter the so-called ...

A ranking Philippine Navy (PN) official on Wednesday said that deterrence consists more of weapon systems and also includes ...

The gov’t’s move to submit to the UN the seabed chart of the PH (Benham) Rise will help spur development and exploration ...

Meanwhile, the AFP, along with naval units of Japan and the United States, conducted another "multilateral maritime cooperative activity" (MMCA) in the West Philippine Sea on Friday ... recent version ...

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

Manila wants to assert its sovereignty, but it also needs roads, bridges and power plants. Pragmatism, not ideology, is ...

The arrest of six suspected Chinese spies in Subic Freeport last week is the fourth Philippine counterespionage strike ...

THE Philippine defense chief on Monday, March 24, 2025, called China's expansive claims in the South China Sea, also known as West Philippine Sea (WPS), “the bi ...

HANOI — Vietnamese police are investigating a Chinese tea brand over an online map featuring Beijing's disputed claims in the South China Sea, authorities said. Chagee milk tea is the latest ...

China claims virtually the entire South China Sea, a major security and global trade route. The Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan also lay overlapping claims to the resource-rich ...