In 1999, the Philippines beached an obsolete World War II-era landing ship, the BRP Sierra Madre, on Second Thomas Shoal, and manned it with sailors from the Philippine navy as a tangible way to ...

They were on the way to deliver supplies and replacement navy and marine personnel to the BRP Sierra Madre, a navy warship that was deliberately grounded by the Philippine military in the late ...

THE Navy on Tuesday said it spotted fewer China vessels during the latest resupply mission to the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship ...

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported it successfully drove away a China Coast Guard (CCG) vessel from the waters off ...

Coercive activities committed against PH persist despite the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling granting it exclusive ...

THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday night said it had sent its biggest ship — the 97-meter BRP Teresa Magbanua — to monitor Chinese vessels near the coast of Zambales province in the country’s ...

This marks the fifth successful resupply operation to troops aboard the BRP Sierra Madre under the Philippines-China understanding on RORE, an arrangement aimed at minimizing tensions in the West ...

Former Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Wednesday said the provisional understanding between the Philippines and China for Ayungin Shoal should be ended soon and not expanded to other West ...

In its statement, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said the country had rotated personnel of the BRP Sierra Madre and sent provisions to the vessel without incident. China and the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines and China have agreed to uphold the “provisional understanding” allowing Manila’s rotation and resupply (RORE) missions to BRP Sierra Madre at Ayungin Shoal at ...

China and the Philippines have traded barbs for months over the Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea. Read more at straitstimes.com.