The U.S. ally has stationed one of its largest coast guard vessels, the BRP Teresa Magbanua, at Sabina Shoal in the disputed Spratly Islands since April after discovering crushed coral piles ...

2. Based on the Philippine Navy data, most of the Chinese vessels were monitored at the Sabina Shoal with 71 and the Pagasa Island with 52 from Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 compared to 53 and 35, respectively ...

MANILA, Philippines — Intensified air and naval patrols are being readied in Escoda Shoal in support of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessel BRP Teresa Magbanua, which got rammed repeatedly by ...

At the center of the latest clashes is Sabina Shoal, a coral atoll in the contested Spratly islands where the Philippines had deployed one of its biggest coast guard vessels since mid-April ...

China and the Philippines accused each other of causing the collision between their two vessels on Saturday in disputed waters near the Sabina Shoal. It was their fifth maritime confrontation in a ...

MANILA (Kyodo) -- A Philippine Coast Guard ship anchored in Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea since April was rammed by a China Coast Guard vessel on Saturday, officials said, as tensions ...

China and the Philippines accused each other of deliberately ramming their coast guard ships near a flashpoint shoal in the South China Sea. A Philippines spokesperson said the collision damaged ...

This week the Philippine maritime council said Chinese aircraft made unsafe manoeuvres against a civilian aircraft conducting patrols over two other disputed areas, the Scarborough Shoal and Subi reef ...

A Philippine Coast Guard ship anchored in Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea since April was rammed by a China Coast Guard vessel on Saturday, officials said, as tensions between the two countries ...

The Chinese coastguard on Saturday issued its fourth warning in a week against Philippine vessel movements near the contested Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea, as both sides accused the other ...

MANILA, Philippines — A Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel maneuvered dangerously and repeatedly rammed a Philippine Coast Guard vessel in Escoda (Sabina) Shoal in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) on ...

China’s coastguard on Saturday said a Philippine ship, “illegally stranded” at the Sabina Shoal, “deliberately rammed” a Chinese vessel. The Philippine coastguard said a Chinese vessel ...