Fishing employs over 1.6 million people, whose catch is the nation’s principal protein source, a daily bounty of some 12,000 ...

The Philippines is the third country to sign a reciprocal access agreement with Japan, after Australia and the United Kingdom ...

Phnom Penh’s threat to internationalize the dispute could give it a bargaining chip during bilateral negotiations.

Maritime clashes between China and the Philippines over contested waters in the South China Sea threaten the balance of power ...

The ship was stuck in shallows for three hours just a mile from the Philippine-held Thitu Island, according to that Manila's ...

A Chinese ship ran aground in stormy weather in shallow waters off a Philippines-occupied island in the disputed South China ...

Tensions in the South China Sea have escalated sharply as China’s navy launched combat readiness patrols near the disputed ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured ...

China’s continued aggression in Philippine waters is borne out of a sweeping claim over most of the South China Sea, including the West Philippine Sea. Parts of the South China Sea that fall within ...

The Philippine Navy is set to open a series ... of its navy amid increasingly volatile territorial rows in the South China Sea, as well as reduce reliance on South Korean shipbuilders by ...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will retain Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr., who is among the most vocal critics of China in Asia, as Marcos presses ...