The 2025 General Appropriations Act, signed on December 30, earmarked P1.65 billion for the "expansion" or "development" of ...

Canada's navy encountered a Chinese "monster ship," which is the largest coast guard vessel in the world, during a patrol ...

rocks and artificial islands in the Scarborough Shoal and Spratly Island group. The Hague-based tribunal will decide on the 2013 case that challenges the so-called nine-dash line that China uses ...

The Philippines claims that China’s nine-dash line encroaches on its 200 nautical ... feature in the Spratlys could be legally considered islands because they lack the ability to sustain human ...

The contentious map shows the "nine-dash line", which China uses to show its ... while the Philippines invokes its proximity to some of the islands, which have long been populated by Filipinos.